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How New Jersey child support is calculated
How the New Jersey Child Support Guidelines work: the income shares approach, what counts as income, the sole and shared parenting worksheets, overnights, child care and health insurance, when a judge can depart from the Guidelines, and how to ask for a change.
Read articleHow New Jersey courts decide child custody: The factors in N.J.S.A. 9:2-4
How the Family Part decides child custody in New Jersey: legal and physical custody, joint and sole custody, the factors listed in N.J.S.A. 9:2-4, the child's preference, mediation, and what parents can prepare.
Read articleMoving out of New Jersey with your child
What New Jersey law requires before a parent moves a child out of state: the consent of both parents or a court order under N.J.S.A. 9:2-2, the best-interests test adopted in Bisbing v. Bisbing, what each parent should prepare, and how moves within New Jersey are handled.
Read articleParenting time schedules in New Jersey
How parenting time schedules work in New Jersey: what a parenting plan covers, common schedule patterns, holidays and school breaks, how judges apply N.J.S.A. 9:2-4, supervised parenting time, and changing a schedule later.
Read articleTRO vs. FRO restraining orders in New Jersey
How New Jersey restraining orders work under the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act: who can file, how a temporary restraining order is issued, what happens at the final hearing, what a final restraining order can include, and how it can affect custody and parenting time.
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