Posts by Hanan Isaacs
New Jersey Contested Adoption: What if the Birth Mother Changes Her Mind?
The adoption of a child can be a beautiful, rewarding process for birth parents, adoptive parents, and children. However, when cases become contested, they can make adoption a nightmare. For most couples, the choice to adopt is made because they are unable to have children themselves, and this is their best chance at growing their…
Read MoreYour Legal Rights to Express Breast Milk in Private in the Workplace
Working mothers of newborns have many issues to deal with, including the disruption of their job and lost pay that may come with taking a maternity leave. As long as there have been babies and women, babies have been fed breast milk. The development of baby formula gave parents an option not to use breast…
Read MoreJudge Gives Custody of Teen Seeking Sex Change to Grandparents Who Would Allow Procedure
A case from Ohio is at the crossroads of many “hot button” issues in society and family law. It involves the freedom of parents to raise their kids, their ability to instruct their kids in their own religion, the line where parental neglect of a child is crossed, and how much influence over a child’s…
Read MoreMotion for Summary Judgment Can Put an End to a Lawsuit, For Better or Worse
Trials can be expensive and time-consuming not just for the parties but the court system as well. As part of the rules of civil procedure for both state and federal courts, the legal system contains ways to short circuit legal claims and defenses when the facts and law align. If one or both sides file…
Read More“Who Has NJ Paternity Rights if Both Spouses are Women?”
In 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as violating the U.S. Constitution all state law bans on same sex marriages. That historic change continues to send shock waves across American family law. In February, the High Court let stand an Arizona Supreme Court ruling stating that in the divorce of two women, the one…
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