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Is a NJ Domestic Partnership Equal to Marriage?

by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 7, 2017 | Divorce Mediation and Law, Elder Mediation and Elder Law and Issues, Lawsuits | 0 comments

Before civil unions, same sex couples could enter into a formal arrangement through New Jersey’s Domestic Partnership (DPA) Act/law. The DPA gave certain rights and obligations to the couple entering the domestic partnership. In 2007, NJ enacted a Civil Union...

State of the Unions in NJ

by Marvin Schuldiner | Dec 8, 2006 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

The other buzz of activity in the legislature dealing with family law has come at the direction of the NJ Supreme Court in the Lewis v. Harris decision. In that decision, the court in a 7-0 decision stated that NJ’s prohibition on same sex marriages violates...

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