Cherry Hill Family Law Blog

Divorce is complex by nature, meaning that each individual case may call for a unique solution. Mediation is one such solution, popular among many divorcing couples in New Jersey and across the United States. However, before settling on mediation as a way to resolve a divorce, it is important to learn more about the process to determine if it is right for your situation.

Mediation can be a cheap alternative to a divorce trial, but it is still generally important that both parties hire their own attorneys to ensure that their interests are represented during negotiations. Many couples enjoy the control mediation gives them over their divorce, as well as its ability to keep the case out of court. Even divorces with serious disputes or conflicts can be resolved with mediation. Experts recommend you discuss the possibility of mediation with your divorce attorney to determine whether it is beneficial for you.

With the advent of fertility procedures like in vitro fertilization, family law officials in New Jersey and throughout the rest of the United States are forced to decide how frozen embryos fit into the scope of child custody or property distribution laws during divorce. When two spouses divorce, there can be much debate on which parent gets the embryos and how they are dealt with.

This legal dilemma is playing out just outside the New Jersey border in Chester County, Pennsylvania where a state appeals court recently ruled in a case where divorced spouses were feuding over frozen embryos.

In the latest development in the couple's public divorce, New Jersey Nets player Kris Humphries has filed documents in which he accuses his soon-to-be ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, of breaching fiduciary duty by failing to make public details of the couple's earnings during their marriage, which lasted just 72 days.

According to a source claiming to be close to Humphries, the NBA star did not want to take the issue to court, but felt doing so was necessary in order to convince Kardashian to release the requested information. "Kris has complied with turning over his bank records, credit card statements, but Kim hasn't and she has been stalling," claimed the source.

A recently proposed bill in the New Jersey State Legislature has won the support of fathers' rights advocates around the state. The legislation, known as A2609, would require newborns and their parents to undergo genetic testing to make it easier to verify the children's parentage, should the need arise. The bill has not been posted for debate, making it difficult to estimate if and when the measure will pass into law.

The bill would have especially significant implications on child support. For instance, a man who discovers he is not a child's father but has incurred expenses providing resources or child support for that child would be allowed to seek reimbursement for those expenses.