http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/ Published by The Rotolo Law Firm en-us 2010-07-30T14:17:53-05:00 http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/2010/07/new_jersey_lawmakers_seek_grea.html Two years after the murder of a New Jersey mother of two, state lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase protection for victims of domestic violence and the children of those families. In June 2008, Monica Paul was shot... Domestic Violence newjerseyfamilylawblog-1 2010-07-30T14:17:53-05:00 http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/2010/07/nj_gay_marriage_supporters_opp.html Groups on both sides of the controversial gay marriage issue rallied in Trenton recently in anticipation of the state Supreme Court’s possible consideration of the matter. (1) On Tuesday, July 20, 2010, members of the National Organization for Marriage rallied... Civil Unions newjerseyfamilylawblog-1 2010-07-24T14:29:44-05:00 http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/2010/07/child_support_roundup_in_new_j_1.html Supporting a child is an important role a parent and/or a guardian play in a child’s life be it emotional or moral support and certainly, as any parent can attest, monetary support. However, in the case of a family that... Child Support newjerseyfamilylawblog-1 2010-07-14T16:38:57-05:00 http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/2010/07/what_you_post_may_be_used_agai_1.html These days, many of us turn to one social networking site or another to reunite with old friends, former classmates and others from our past. While these sites have been successful in helping rebuild some lost relationships, they also have... Social Networking newjerseyfamilylawblog-1 2010-07-09T06:41:24-05:00 http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/2010/03/mendoza_an_international_custo_1.html With everything reaching a global level these days, child custody battles are no exception. Parental child abduction is a growing international problem, often the result of a failed marriage that ends with one parent taking the children to a different... Child Custody newjerseyfamilylawblog-1 2010-03-11T11:38:08-05:00 http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/2009/06/new_ruling_on_child_support_mo.html Parties’ daughter was killed in an automobile accident on October 6, 2007. On January 10, 2008, the plaintiff filed a pro se motion seeking, inter alia, to reduce child support. The plaintiff argued that any modification should be retroactive to... Child Support 2009-06-18T09:44:47-05:00 http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/2009/06/rotolo_law_firm_key_in_new_jer.html Court Enunciates New Test for Tolling Child Sex Abuse Statute of Limitations By Michael Booth New Jersey Law Journal June 11, 2009 The state Supreme Court on Thursday set out a two-stage analysis that trial judges must conduct to decide... Child Custody 2009-06-12T09:19:02-05:00 http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/2009/06/fighting_over_child_support_af.html New York Times By: Julie Bosman The same story echoed a dozen times through Room E8 of Manhattan Family Court in a single day: fathers, pinched by the recession, pleading for a reduction in child support. A salesman at Saks... Child Support 2009-06-01T16:07:28-05:00 http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/2009/03/new_business_for_courts_pet_cu.html Judges may invoke specific performance remedy, appeals panel says By Mary Pat Gallagher New Jersey Law Journal March 10, 2009 When couples break up, judges can decide who gets custody of pets based on their unique sentimental value, a New... 2009-03-16T17:35:57-05:00 http://www.newjerseyfamilylawblog.com/2009/03/doctrine_of_parental_immunity.html Thorpe v. Wiggan, 405 N.J. Super. 68, (2009). The doctrine of parental immunity has always protected parents from judicial intervention in normal child rearing decisions. The New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division recently reexamined this doctrine in Thorpe v. Wiggan.... Child Custody 2009-03-11T21:06:00-05:00