If you owned a business during your marriage or started a business during the marriage, that business could be subject to equal distribution during the divorce. Dividing closely held business assets can be complicated – especially if you owned the business prior to getting married. If joint funds were used to expand or support the...
Progressive Writing Tips for the Persuasive Lawyer
Progressive Writing Tips for the Persuasive Lawyer by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq., Chairman Collaborative Family Institute, LLC As lawyers, most of us take great pride in our writing ability. By now, it’s become second-nature to us and familiar to the staff members we’ve trained. It’s not confusing, tedious or long-winded to us. We say what...
Setting the Scene for Success
Setting the Scene for Success by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq., Chairman Collaborative Family Institute, LLC “This guy walks into a divorce lawyer’s office…” The traditional adversarial system continues to draw criticism when aggressively applied to family law cases. Apart from the inefficiencies, impracticalities and associated costs of strongly competitive approaches, the reasons for abandoning these...
Unauthorized Access to Stored Computer Files, Password or PIN(s)
Unauthorized Access to Stored Computer Files, Password or PIN(s) by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq. Accessing e-mails or computer files by a spouse with the help of PIN(s) or Password of the other, but without their permission, is a clear violation of the Wiretap Statute. Nevertheless, it is a violation only if the information is in...
NJ Child Support Negotiations: Finding the Middle Ground in Divorce
Divorce proceedings may have differences by state when it comes to statutes and procedures, but they are pretty much the same when it comes to the amount of conflict between divorcing parties. New Jersey is no exception to such situations. NJ child support cases, in particular, can be extremely heated when both parties have different...
Divorce Basics: State Rules a Divorce Lawyer in NJ Can Help You With
The Garden State is host to about 500,000 divorced couples, and this number is incrementally increasing each year. It is therefore not surprising, that the state has very stringent rules and laws on divorce.