Under Jewish Orthodox law, only a husband can grant a divorce document entitled a “get.” Without a get, an orthodox women is unable to remarry and have more children. She is still considered married religiously. Rabbi Mendel Epstein of Brooklyn, an advocate for women in the Orthodox community, was arrested last year in connection with […]

A Johannesburg executive lost his attempt to keep from being excommunicated from the Jewish Orthodox community in the Gauteng capital when the judge dismissed his case. The Jewish ecclesiastical court, Beth Din, had already agreed to shun the man, who was not named, because he did not maintain his agreed upon child support payments. The […]

The concept of “changed circumstances’ is one that occurs throughout NJ family law, particularly in relation to modification of financial obligations such as child support or alimony. ? However, this concept is also applied to parenting time and transportation arrangements when one parent relocates within the state. As the appellate division noted in the published […]

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A premarital agreement is a contract between two persons who intend to marry that determines their financial rights at the end of the marriage by death or divorce. It seems to be a fairly widespread belief that it is easy to challenge the validity of a premarital agreement in court. In one sense it is […]

While there is no specific formula the New York court uses to calculate and grant spousal maintenance, the court’s intent is so make sure that the receiving party can eventually become economically self-sufficient. Therefore, it is unusual for the court to grant spousal maintenance for a long or indefinite period of time. The most important […]