Find a New Jersey Divorce Lawyer Mediation, Alimony, and Separation Attorney
A New Jersey divorce attorney or family lawyer from our firm is knowledgeable in all divorce laws, and experienced in providing divorce mediation services, filing separation agreements and negotiating alimony awards. Our attorney can also assist with child custody and child support agreements, always keeping the best interests of your family in mind. Read on to learn more about matrimonial law, divorce, separation and other related legal matters.
- Separation and Divorce
- New Jersey Divorce Laws
- Divorce Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Alimony / Spousal Support
- Contact an Attorney
Separation and Divorce
If you are considering separation or divorce due to difficulties in your marriage and want to explore your options, an experienced New Jersey divorce and separation attorney from our firm can help. Contingent upon your needs, a lawyer may examine the following topics with you:
- Discussion of marriage counseling alternatives
- Temporary and final separations
- Establishing grounds for divorce
- Types of custody and co-parenting plans
- Child support, including daycare and other expenses
- Medical insurance requirements
- Permanent, rehabilitative, or short-term alimony
- Private schools and higher education
- Relocation and removal of children from New Jersey
- Equitable distribution of the marital home, other assets, debts, retirement accounts and pensions.
- Tax implications of alimony and equitable distribution
- Payment of your counsel fees
We invite you to schedule a complimentary consultation with a New Jersey divorce lawyer from our firm. An attorney from The Law Offices of Gruber, Colabella, Liuzza, Kutyla, and Williams will help you take the next appropriate steps toward separation or divorce, depending on the specific circumstances of your marriage.
Separation
As an alternative option to going through a divorce immediately, many couples first decide to enter into legal separation with the help of an attorney while they evaluate their marriage and consider options for either repairing or terminating the relationship. There are many different types of separation agreements. An attorney can help you evaluate the choices that are available to you and your spouse, and pick the separation arrangement best suited to the unique conditions of your relationship.
If you are interested in trial separation or legal separation, contact a New Jersey separation attorney from our firm and schedule a free initial consultation.
New Jersey Divorce Laws
New Jersey offers couples both fault and no-fault grounds for divorce; however, fault rarely has any impact upon the distribution of assets or alimony (spousal support) negotiation during the divorce.Â
In New Jersey, the following circumstances are acceptable grounds for divorce that you will want to discuss with your lawyer if they apply to your marriage:
- Adultery
- Legal separation for 18 months (consecutive)
- Deviant sexual behavior/sexual problems
- Extreme cruelty (in some cases this is the same as irreconcilable differences in other states)
- Drug or alcohol intoxication/addition for 12 months (consecutive)
- Imprisonment for 18 months (consecutive)
- Willful desertion for a minimum of a year
- Mental illness institutionalization for a minimum of 24 months (consecutive)
Divorce Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution
Some couples who are having a difficult time coming to agreements about property division and other emotionally charged issues during the divorce process, opt to proceed through their divorce with the help of a lawyer experienced in divorce mediation. Divorce mediation is an alternative method of dispute resolution that often brings about successful results. During the divorce mediation process, the mediator helps each party to set aside any extraneous emotional issues and focus on completing the tasks at hand. At our New Jersey firm our divorce and separation attorneys are trained in divorce mediation and provide this service to our clients, allowing the divorcing parties to more effectively reach a resolution. If you live in New Jersey and are interested in divorce mediation services, contact an attorney at our law firm for a free initial consultation.
Alimony / Spousal Support
In New Jersey alimony or spousal support is arranged for in some separation agreements or after a divorce in court with the help of an attorney. In most cases the financially dependent spouse, regardless of whether it is the husband or wife, receives regular payments or a lump sum from the other spouse, to help him or her become more financially autonomous. When creating and negotiating alimony, the court takes a wide variety of factors into consideration including the length of the marriage, amount of each spouse's total income, debt and property acquired, emotional and physical health, the needs of the dependent spouse, employability and earning capacity of each spouse, in addition to contributions to education, home, and career. Based on these findings, the court calculates the appropriate amount of alimony the dependent spouse is to receive.
At our New Jersey firm an alimony attorney can also assist you with modification or termination of spousal support. Contact our law offices today for a divorce and alimony attorney who will litigate aggressively in your favor.
Contact a Divorce, Separation, and Alimony Attorney
Contact The Law Offices of Gruber, Colabella, Liuzza, Kutyla, and Williams in New Jersey for an outstanding divorce lawyer proficient in mediation and all areas of matrimonial and family law. Our firm is proud to have one of the of the leading New Jersey divorce, separation, and alimony attorney teams in the state.
Senior Partner, Mark Gruber, is the lead attorney of the Divorce and Family Law Department, and is joined by Chris H. Colabella and Natalie Thompson. Mark Gruber is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Attorneys and is a trained matrimonial litigator, mediator, and arbitrator. He is the author of Family Law: The Basic Guide to New Jersey Divorce with Forms, Court Rules and Statutes, and Tax Aspects of Divorce, which is used to train all new attorneys in the State of New Jersey. Browse through our publications and legal resources page to find more helpful information about divorce, written by our divorce attorneys.
Learn more about the other types of legal services that our New Jersey family law attorneys provide including assisting with child support, child custody and adoption matters.