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What To Do After Your Divorce Is Granted By The Court

by Marvin Schuldiner | Nov 23, 2020 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

Divorce can be a long process. It can take years if you do not use mediation (hint, hint). So when the court finally enters the Final Judgment of Divorce, you might think that you’re finished. Not exactly. Effectuate any QDROs you received. Waiting can cause you...

NJ Court Establishes Factors for Name Change of Transgender Minor Child

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 10, 2017 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

NJ Superior Court Judge Marcia L. Silva, sitting in Middlesex County, recently ruled on a case of first impression regarding when a transgender minor child may change their name.  The case is Sacklow v. Betts (FM-12-1502-07C) and the case was published by the court on...

Name Change in a Divorce in NJ

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 21, 2014 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

New Jersey law allows either spouse in the divorce process to change their name.  N.J.S.A. 2A:34-21 reads in pertinent part: The court, upon or after granting a divorce from the bonds of matrimony to either spouse … may allow either spouse … to resume any name used by...

Mediation Quick Facts:

  • A mediated divorce often costs less than 1/3rd of a litigated divorce
  • Mediation can finalize a divorce in much less time than litigation -- months versus years
  • You lose none of your rights by mediating
  • Mediation is confidential
  • Make decisions about your future for yourself
  • Parties are more satisfied with terms they agree to in mediation than terms imposed by a court
  • Agreements obtained through mediation are far less likely to end up back in court
  • Mediation is a forward-looking process (where do you go from here)
  • Mediation can be used to resolve many types of disputes, including the dissolutions of gay and lesbian (same-sex) relationships, civil unions, domestic partnerships and commercial and community disputes
  • Mediation allows you to get on with your life more quickly

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