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Post-Divorce and Out-of-New Jersey Relocation of Minor Children: A Dilemma in Search of a Cure
When New Jersey couples divorce, ex-spouses may feel grateful for their newfound freedom from the confines of an unhappy marriage. Among the choices divorced individuals make for themselves are career changes, major lifestyle shifts, and of course decisions about starting new relationships. That said, ex-spouses who share children face challenges when it comes to relocating themselves and their children to a different state.
Read MorePlaintiffs’ Case Law: Violations of Americans with Disabilities Act or Constructive Dismissal?
Decided legal cases offer guidance when it comes to an employer’s responsibility to accommodate a disabled employee’s reasonable request for help on the job. Many employers are not aware that it’s actually their duty to participate in the interactive process. An employer’s engagement with that request should begin as soon as an employee makes inquiry, or an employer sees or hears that an employee has a disability requiring workplace attention.
Read MoreJoint, Shared, and Sole Physical Custody in NJ: Keep the Focus on Children
In New Jersey, there are a number of routes divorcing parents may regarding child custody issues. Beyond the parents’ needs or desires, focus on the children’s best interests is of paramount importance to the courts and the public, and the parents should share that concern. This goal is also the focus of any court proceeding should the parents be unwilling or unable to hammer out a custody agreement through negotiation or mediation.
Read More“When Does My Firing Amount to Wrongful Discharge?”
Wrongful Discharge Defined
Wrongful termination, or wrongful discharge, involves a breach of one or more conditions of an employment contract, a handbook quasi-contract, or a federal or state employment law.
If a discharged employee proves wrongful termination in a court of law or arbitration proceeding, the two main remedies are reinstatement and monetary compensation.
Read MoreReady or Not, NJ Closed Adoptions Set to Open in 2017; and Open Adoptions Become the “New Norm”
In May of 2014, open adoption activists celebrated the Governor’s signing a bill into law that will allow them to get their original birth records, beginning in January of 2017.
Governor Christie’s sister was adopted in the 1970’s, and her husband also was adopted. The couple, the Governor said, could not get medical information under previous law. That will all change in 2017.