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How is Property Division Determined in a New Jersey Divorce?

How is Property Division Determined in a New Jersey Divorce?

Are you currently going through or thinking about filing for divorce in New Jersey? Are you wondering how marital property is divided by the court? New Jersey is an “equitable division” state, which means that the court will try to divide the marital property in a fair or equitable way, depending on the circumstances of […]



How Bitcoin Affects Divorce Settlements

The divorce process is challenging enough for couples who are splitting up without the added difficulty of dividing sophisticated assets like cryptocurrency. Bitcoin has been breaking headlines in the news since the end of 2017 when each “coin” rose above the $20,000 mark for the first time. It has since dropped considerably in value, but […]



Tarek El Moussa and wife headed for divorce

Flip or Flop star Tarek El Moussa is reportedly seeking a divorce from his wife, Christina El Moussa. In their exclusive interview with PEOPLE last December, the couple revealed that they were ending their seven-year marriage after a heated fight in May 2016. Although the altercation did not involve physical violence, the Orange County police responded to […]



Billionaire Bill Ackman and his wife headed for divorce

Bill Ackman, a billionaire activist investor known for his big bets on Herbalife, and his landscape architect wife, Karen Ann Herskovitz, are headed down the path of divorce, Page Six says. According to the report, the couple had been together for more than 20 years after they got married in 1994 at the St. Regis. […]



Divorce in China Increasing from Previous Decades

In China, marital strife seems to be on the rise as the annual divorce rate has doubled from last decade to 3.8 million couples. According to researchers at Peking University, 20% of men and women are unfaithful in their marriages—a number that has elevated in the last 30 years. Some economists attribute the change to […]



Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom officially divorced

Three years after TV reality star Khloe Kardashian first filed for divorce, a Los Angeles judge has approved the dissolution of her marriage with former NBA player Lamar Odom. Although the decision was released last Friday, the court document states the couple’s marriage will be legally dissolved December 17, along with their joint company, Khlomar. […]



Differences in Divorce Between Seniors

Many people have heard the statistic that in the United States, one in every two married couples will eventually get divorced. Contrary to the popular belief that millennials have the highest divorce rates, the root of the increase in divorce rates comes from the baby boomer generation as they reach retiring age. “Silver divorces”—or divorces […]



Default Divorce: Another Option in New Jersey

In the state of New Jersey, it may not be required that a person seeking a divorce get the approval or even a response from their spouse. The resulting divorce proceedings are called a “divorce by default.” For the divorce by default to continue, the plaintiff, otherwise understood as the person who filed for divorce, […]



Divorce forms used in New Jersey

There are four major forms that are used in the beginning steps of a divorce that determine the type and reason for the dissolution. Court form 1A refers to a “no-fault” divorce in which the couple has not lived together for a minimum of 18 months before filing. Court form 1D refers to another type […]



Divorce impact on financial aid explained by CBRG co-chairs

With divorce affecting nearly half of all married couples by 2016, old unions that share nearly adult children will need to discuss how their divorce will affect their child’s financial aid. The co-founders of College Benefit Research Group (CBRG), Steven Sirot and David Slater, assert that “assets that are agreed to be used to pay […]