On June 26, 2017, the LGBTQ community marked the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which made marriage equality the law of the land by finding that marriage is a fundamental right for same-sex couples. The United States Supreme Court greeted this anniversary with the release […]
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There Is Still No Bright-Line Rule To Defining Emancipation
June 13, 2017 | by Jennifer FortunatoThe New Jersey Legislature enacted a statute on January 19, 2016, effective February 1, 2017 (i.e. N.J.S.A. 2A:17-56.67), which terminates one’s obligation to pay child support upon a child’s emancipation, without the necessity of obtaining a court order. However, there is still no bright-line rule to defining emancipation. Prior to […]
The O’Reilly Divorce, And The “Factors” Behind Sealing Case Information
April 19, 2017 | by Matheu NunnOn April 15, 2017, “The Hill” published an article titled “CNN nearly sued to unseal O’Reilly divorce records: report” (available here). For those of you who are unaware, former Fox News Network host Bill O’Reilly (of “The O’Reilly Factor”) has come under fire after media outlets reported details of multiple […]
A Groundbreaking Decision Regarding Common-Law Marriage
March 30, 2017 | by Matthew ColemanA Family Court judge in South Carolina recently made headlines and history when he ruled that a relationship between two unmarried women, who have held themselves out as a same-sex couple for more than three decades, shall be considered a common-law marriage. This groundbreaking decision permits the state of South […]