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NJ Supreme Court: Grandparents’ Visitation Rights Are Strictly Limited
The N.J. Supreme Court has once again spoken about grandparent visitation rights. In Major v. Maguire, one parent died and the remaining parent attempted to prevent the decedent’s parents from visiting the child. This case has given way to a new discussion of the N.J. Grandparent’s Rights Statute, the law that protects parents’ rights to make decisions with regard to their own children, without interference from grandparents. In a dispute, the statute places the burden on the grandparents to prove that grandchildren will be harmed if visitation is denied.
Read MoreFederal District Court Orders Employers to Pay for 20 Minute Breaks
Good news for office workers; your employer has to pay you for bathroom breaks. In a recent decision, the a Federal District Judge in Pennsylvania ordered the owners of American Future Systems, Inc., a telemarketing company, to compensate workers for money the company had docked them for short breaks, including trips to the bathroom. The employer owes at least $1.75M in back pay.
Read More“Once we file for divorce, what happens to my U.S. immigration status — that is based entirely on my spouse’s job?” Read answers here.
Since 1998, nearly 2.5 million people have obtained green cards by marrying United States citizens. Divorce statistics being what they are, it is likely that half of those marriages, even those between parties who were once sincerely loving partners, will end in divorce.
Read MoreMay Men Sue for Gender Discrimination in the NJ Workplace? Some will be Surprised at the Answer.
Yahoo fired Gregory Anderson from their media division in November 2014, claiming that he had performed poorly in his quarterly employee review. A year later, Anderson filed a California lawsuit against Yahoo, citing that he was a victim of gender discrimination. While the majority of gender related lawsuits are filed on behalf of women, gender bias can affect men in the workplace as well.
Read MoreThree-Way Parenting — A New Paradigm for New Jersey Family Court
Following lengthy deliberations, a New Jersey Superior Court Judge recently published an opinion granting custody of a child to three parents. The trial court’s landmark opinion is likely to have a significant impact on family court cases throughout New Jersey and the United States, given the steady increase in non-traditional family structures.
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