How Debts are Divided in a NJ Divorce

When most New Jerseyans think about divorcing, they focus on the “big ticket” items, like child custody and parenting time, child support, alimony, and division of assets. Here is an important topic that isn’t as attractive or compelling to most people: allocation and division of debts. Under New Jersey law, marital debt is divided between…

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Whistleblowers, National Politics, and New Jersey

Published in U.S.1 Princeton Info on November 27, 2019 by Hanan M. Isaacs, Esquire Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, federal and state employment laws apply to your workplace. Consider this: The Problem: President Donald J. Trump owns the Trump Organization, which employs about 22,000 people. If Mr. Trump ever threatened a New…

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Service Animals, Peacocks, and Clowns: Oh My!

workplace accomodation

If you need a service or emotional support animal to work, your NJ employer should try to reasonably accommodate you, but there is a lot of fine print along with that. The closer you are to a traditional service animal situation (someone is blind and uses a service dog) the better your chances. The more…

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What Should Attorney-Trained and Other-Trained Mediators Do and Not Do?

By Hanan M. Isaacs, M.A., J.D., A.P.M. Excerpts from the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators Standards of Conduct for Mediators: STANDARD I. SELF-DETERMINATION A. Mediator shall conduct a mediation based on the principle of Party self-determination. Self-determination is the act of coming to a voluntary decision in which each Party makes free and informed…

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