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Difficult Surrogacy Case Divides New Jersey Supreme Court
For some New Jersey couples who are unable to conceive, surrogacy is the solution. But while the process can bring unbridled joy to parents’ lives, it can also place children, intended parents, donors and gestational mothers in a troublesome legal thicket. The New Jersey Supreme Court did little to sort out this exceptionally tangled and…
Read MoreNew Jersey employers could be barred from applicants’ accounts
When New Jersey residents apply for a job, they have the right to be free from discrimination in the hiring process. State and federal laws preclude employers from using factors such as a person’s race, national origin, age or gender to determine whether to hire the applicant. A New Jersey bill making its way through…
Read MoreNew Jersey Has Lowest Percentage of Divorced Adults, Says Census
According to the Census Bureau, 9 percent of adults in New Jersey are divorced. This represents the lowest figure of any state in the country. What is responsible for this statistic? According to a number of experts, the answer lies in the state’s demographic composition. Studies have shown that more marriages tend to last where…
Read MoreVictims of racial harassment prevail on partial summary judgment
On our New Jersey blog, we have mentioned briefly motions for summary judgment in the context of employment discrimination cases. To elaborate further, a motion for summary judgment is a procedural move in a lawsuit that basically asserts that the case can be concluded before it goes to the jury because the facts are so…
Read MoreCourt Gives Mother Custody in International Child Removal Case
Last month, we wrote on an international child custody and removal case that was being presented to the New Jersey Supreme Court. The case is now over and the young child has returned to her mother in Turkey after the state Supreme Court ruled that the stay put in place by the Passaic County Family…
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