Dedicated, Conscientious and Cost-effective Essex County New Jersey Divorce Lawyers
As a full-service law firm located in Essex County, A. Schancupp & Associates, L.L.C., provides comprehensive legal services in a conscientious manner to satisfy all of our clients' needs. Through a combined wealth of legal experience that spans over decades, our accomplished attorneys have diversified expertise and are committed to masterfully achieving the most favorable outcomes possible on behalf of our clients.
Our law firm affords high-quality legal counsel that is underscored by personalized attention and easy accessibility and has developed numerous long-lasting, close attorney client relationships over the years. A. Schancupp & Associates, L.L.C. is not only conscientious and persistent, but also practical and economical and has earned a reputation for excellence among our clients and peers. We serve clients throughout Essex, Morris and Passaic Counties in New Jersey.
Family Law
Kelly P. Hawruk, Esq., is a Passaic County divorce attorney who has focused her practice in the area of family law representation and litigation. This embodies a wide range of legal areas that correspond to family and domestic relationships, including: divorce, child support, child custody, visitation, alimony, equitable distribution, separation agreements, post-judgment motions, civil/domestic partnerships issues, and adoptions.
Divorce
Divorce is an emotionally trying and complex legal area that affects many facets of individual family members' lives. New Jersey grants no-fault divorce on grounds of separation and irreconcilable differences, as well as additional fault-based grounds for divorce. The ultimate goal is to reach an agreement that is a fair and reasonable resolution to all your marital issues, including: custody and parenting time, child support, alimony and equitable distribution. Kelly P. Hawruk has extensive experience assisting clients to navigate the intricacies and complications of divorce based on the uniqueness of each family's situation.
Child Custody, Support and Parenting Time
Under New Jersey law, both parents have equal rights in determining child custody. The best interest of the child is paramount to the determination. Parents typically share joint custody, one parent being the parent of primary residence and the other the parent of alternate residence.
The parents enter into a parenting plan, setting forth a parenting time schedule so the children have regular and frequent contact with both parents after the divorce. Based on child support guidelines set by the state of New Jersey, the child support is determined using the income of both parents and factors in the parenting time of the parties, child care expenses and health insurance costs, to ensure the proper financial care of children.
Alimony
Alimony, also referred to as spousal support or spousal maintenance, is the allowance that one spouse must pay to his or her divorced or separated spouse. The spouse paying alimony typically has been the chief financial provider during the marriage. The duration of the providing spouse's obligation to pay alimony may be either temporary or permanent in nature. In determining the duration and the amount of alimony payments, the court takes into consideration factors such as the length of the marriage, the age and health of the spouses, individual income and assets, earning capabilities, standard of living during the marriage, custody of children, expenses, and the length of time that marital support will be needed.
Equitable Distribution
Equitable distribution refers to the distribution of property acquired during marriage. New Jersey statutes recognize the marital relationship as an economic partnership, and considerations in dividing property are based on factors such as the duration of the marriage, the emotional and physical health of the partners, the standard of living created during marriage, the amount of income each partner brought to the marriage, contributions the spouse made toward the other spouse's personal career or education and maintaining the marital home as residence for the minor child.
Post-Judgment Motions and Enforcement
Changed circumstances after divorce may necessitate the need for a modification of your Judgment of Divorce through the court. Further, a party's failure to abide by the terms of the Judgment of Divorce necessitates seeking the court's intervention to enforce the Judgment of Divorce.
Arrange a Consultation Today
We welcome the opportunity to discuss your family law matter. Please call our firm at 973-559-5978, or for your convenience, you may arrange a consultation by e-mail.
