Elder Law, Family Law, and Estate Planning in Hackensack, New Jersey

In New Jersey, a guardian is a person or agency appointed by the court to act on behalf of an individual. Establishing a guardianship is a legal process. Guardianships are sought to care for minor children upon the early death of their parents, and for people over 18 with developmental, mental, or physical disabilities. Some guardianships may even be created toward the end of a person’s life, particularly if that person suffers from cognitive difficulties, such as Alzheimer’s, and it was part of the older person’s elder care plan prior to the period of incapacitation.                                                                       Whether the prompt to designate a guardian begins when a child is born, an individual is diagnosed with a chronic illness, the parent is diagnosed with a chronic illness,...

Many couples agree to divorce in principal but are afraid that if each of them gets a lawyer, the two lawyers will stir up trouble between the divorcing spouses, complicating what started as an amicable divorce. This fear is unfounded because the parties themselves are the individuals who set the tone, pace, and price of a divorce.                                                                  No matter the type of representation taken (no legal representation by either spouse, one spouse represented by an attorney while the other is not, or both spouses are represented by their own lawyers) resolution of a divorce depends on the parties understanding their rights and obligations during and after the divorce, including child support and child custody , obligations which universally continue post-divorce. Yes, O...