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Post-NJ Divorce, How Difficult Should It Be to Prove Your Ex is Cohabiting With Another?
A recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision touched on two critical issues that affect many of those paying and receiving spousal support or alimony. Living with another (or cohabitating) could provide grounds to disqualify someone from receiving alimony. How difficult should that be to prove? The Court’s August 2023 decision made it easier to prove…
Read MoreHow Will the End of Affirmative Action in College Admissions Impact Employers?
The US Supreme Court in June voted to end affirmative action in college admissions, ending four decades of court-approved efforts to diversify student bodies by considering their race, gender, ethnicity, and other characteristics. Will employers follow their lead and cease employee diversity efforts? Yes, because most of them will think, rightly so, that affirmative action…
Read MoreAmong Many Good Reasons to Engage in a Custody Dispute, Revenge Isn’t One of Them!
Child custody cases are often emotionally charged and it is not uncommon for one or both parents to act out of revenge. This can have devastating consequences for the children involved, as well as for the parents themselves. Revenge is a form of aggression, according to a recent Forbes article. It’s a behavioral response by…
Read More“Can I Be Fired Because I’m Overweight?”
Unless your weight has some connection to a “protected basis” in anti-discrimination law, in New Jersey, you can be fired because you’re overweight. As long as a firing decision isn’t illegal, the reason can be as irrational and illogical as your employer sees fit. The issue of discrimination against people who are heavier than average…
Read More“Will a NJ Trial Judge Allow our Child to Testify During a Child Custody and Parenting Time Hearing?”
The New Jersey Rules of Court grant trial judges discretion whether to have children testify at a hearing on child custody and parenting time. If that takes place, it won’t be held in open court but rather as an interview in the judge’s chambers. The judge would need to feel the testimony is relevant, it’s…
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