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How a Court Interprets | Farzan v. Farzan, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1642

Lichter v. Lichter, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1532 (App. Div. 2017)

Wernega v. Volpa, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1497 (App. Div. 2017)

Appellate Division Affirms Finding 23-Year-Old Child Is Emancipated

The husband and wife in Gallagher v. Gallagher were married in 1991, had a daughter and a son together, and divorced on August 23, 1999. …

The husband and wife in Tafaro v. Tafaro married in 1987, had a son and a daughter together, and divorced in 2004.  The judgment of divorce…

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:17B-3, a child was presumed to be emancipated when he or she reaches age 18.  However, this presumption is not conclusive, and…

N.J.S.A. 2A:17-56.23a provides that “[n]o payment or installment of an order for child support . . . shall be retroactively modified by the court except…

On January 19, 2016, Governor Christie signed S-1046/A-2721 into law. The effective date of the new law is February 1, 2017, and it applies to…

Emancipation of a child terminates a parent’s child support obligation for that child. An emancipated child is one who has obtained an independent status of…