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New Jersey Appellate Division Addresses Whether a Family Court Judge May Infer That a Defendant Who Invokes the Right Against Self-Incrimination is Culpable in a Title IX Hearing

In this Appellate Division case entitled New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. S.K., A-2734-15 (App.Div. August 31, 2018), the defendant argues the Family Part Judge improperly drew an adverse inference against him when he invoked his right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and…

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Independence Day and Marriage Equality

One hundred and fifty two years ago, over the course of July 1-3rd 1863, the armies of the Union and Confederacy met in the sleepy town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and engaged in the largest military battle ever fought on the United States soil.  The Union’s victory at the Battle of…

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Are Youth Suffering From Substance Abuse Issues Being Denied Equal Protection Based on Current Laws on Emancipation?

New Jersey has since the Divorce Reform Act of 1971 stood in the forefront in developing the law as it relates to Marriage and Divorce. We have over the years defined the law, and the Nation has followed and adopted some of our theories as to the distribution of property and…

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Freedom of Speech and Family Law

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees certain freedoms, including the “freedom of speech”. Treatises have been written and a multitude of cases have been decided addressing what types of speech or expression are encompassed thereby, and the nature and scope of governmental or private action is subjected…

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New Jersey Strong: Faith in our Judiciary

We are a law firm dedicated to the practice of Family Law.  This blog was recently started and designed to inform the public of developments in Family Law, more particularly the area of  matrimonial law.  Lawyers are officers of the Court, and we serve what I have always viewed as an…

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