Gender equality is a current buzzword in New Jersey that most people are becoming more and more familiar with. Along with gender equality is the term stay-at-home dad. More and more women are becoming the main breadwinners in the home as it becomes more acceptable for dads to stay home with the children. This can have unintended ramifications in the eventuality that the marriage ends in divorce. More women are paying child support and even alimony.
Including future assets in property division
Divorce is a complicated undertaking, particularly where division of property and assets are concerned. What a couple holds jointly at the time of a divorce in New Jersey may be relatively easy to ascertain. However, what about future assets such as pensions that are not yet being collected? Future assets also need to be considered as a part of property division.
Child custody in post Cleaver era
Fifty years ago, a typical family may have resembled the popular television family, the Cleavers, from "Leave it to Beaver." There was a mom, a dad and a couple of children. Today's idea of a family may look very different but the care and well-being of children is still a primary concern in New Jersey. As such, child custody arrangements should be constructed with the best interest of the child in mind.
