New Jersey Divorce and Family Law
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Learn about divorce and family law in New Jersey. Questions about child custody, division of property, or the divorce process? Find useful information here.
Get started here to learn basics about divorce laws in New Jersey.
If you’re considering a divorce, you may be wondering how much your divorce will cost and whether you should hire an attorney. The answers to these questions will depend on the particular circumstances of your case.
This article answers frequently asked questions about no-fault divorce in New Jersey.
Learn about this simple divorce in New Jersey, and how it may avoid having to go to divorce court.
It's crucial that you figure out a schedule for the kids as soon as you can
Learn about the "best interests" standard and how it applies to child custody cases in New Jersey.
What does it mean to have “custody” of a child in New Jersey?
Learn about modification of child custody in New Jersey, relocation, visitation rights, and more.
Can one parent relocate with the child(ren) out of state during or after a New Jersey Divorce?
There are legal consequences of interfering with the visitation rights of the other parent. Here's how it works in New Jersey.
If you're going through a divorce, you have to make decisions about how to divide the property and the debts
New Jersey is an equitable distribution state. Equitable distribution means that the marital property will be divided between spouses in a way that is equitable, or fair.
Divorcing couples have three options to equitably distribute the family home: the easiest is to sell the home and split the proceeds.
Learn how property is divided in a New Jersey divorce.
More on types of marital property (and debt) and how it might be divided in a New Jersey divorce.
Answers to common questions about premarital agreements, commonly called prenuptial agreements, in New Jersey.
Are gifts or loans from one spouses parents divided in a divorce?
State guidelines are the first place you should look if you want to estimate child support for your family.
Alimony, spousal support, and maintenance are all words for the same thing: one spouse paying support to the other after a divorce.
New Jersey recognizes four types of alimony: limited duration alimony, permanent alimony, rehabilitative alimony and reimbursement alimony.
More information on alimony in New Jersey.
New Jersey Family Law Rules
Looking for New Jersey’s rules on marriage, divorce, child custody, and child support? Want to find New Jersey’s state court forms and instructions and local court websites? Here’s where to start.