Haddon Heights Divorce Lawyer
Make Smart and Confident Decisions with the Help of an Experienced Haddon Heights Divorce Lawyer
If you are preparing for a divorce, the decisions you make now will impact the rest of your life. If you have young children, they will impact your children’s lives as well. As a result, you need to ensure that you are making smart and confident decisions—and this starts with hiring an experienced Haddon Heights divorce lawyer to guide you forward.
The divorce lawyers in our Haddon Heights office have extensive experience guiding spouses through the process of bringing their marriage to an end. If you have decided to end your marriage, or if your spouse has decided to move on, we can walk you through everything you need to know. We can help you feel confident in your decision-making, and if any issues arise during your divorce, we can help you resolve them as quickly and amicably as possible.
Understanding the Key Aspects of Your Divorce
The issues you and your spouse will need to address during your divorce depend on your specific circumstances. In most cases, however, the key aspects of a divorce will be:
Property Distribution
Unless you have a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement that says otherwise, you and your spouse will need to divide your marital assets during the divorce process. New Jersey requires an “equitable distribution” of marital property, which means that a 50-50 split isn’t necessarily appropriate in all cases.
A Haddon Heights divorce lawyer at our firm can help you understand which of your assets are (and aren’t) on the table in your divorce. Your lawyer can also determine how New Jersey’s equitable distribution law should be applied in your specific circumstances and assist with determining how to divide your marital estate.
Debt Distribution
Along with equitably distributing their marital assets, divorcing spouses in New Jersey must equitably divide their marital debts as well. Absent special circumstances, this includes car loans, mortgages, credit card debt, and any other debts incurred during (and, in some cases, before) the marriage. If any debts will play a role in your divorce, your Haddon Heights divorce lawyer at Helmer, Conley & Kasselman, P.A. can help you deal with them appropriately.
Spousal Support (Alimony)
Strictly speaking, spousal support (more commonly referred to as alimony) is not required in a New Jersey divorce. As a practical matter, however, an award of spousal support will be warranted in many cases. Whether you need to seek spousal support or need to make sure you aren’t required to pay any more than necessary, a divorce lawyer at our Haddon Heights family law offices can help. In many cases, making decisions about property distribution and making decisions about spousal support will go hand-in-hand.
Child Custody (Parenting Time)
If you have children from your marriage who are under 18 (and not emancipated), you will need to establish a child custody arrangement (or parenting time plan) during your divorce. Under New Jersey law, all parenting time plans must reflect the best interests of the children involved. Our lawyers can help you understand your options, apply New Jersey’s “best interests” factors. and work toward finalizing an arrangement that maximizes the amount of time you are able to spend with your children.
Child Support
If you need to address child custody during your divorce, you will also need to address child support. Compared to the other aspects of the divorce process, calculating child support is relatively straightforward in most cases. New Jersey’s Child Support Guidelines will apply, and divorcing parents will use these Guidelines to determine who owes what.
With that said, it’s easy to make mistakes, and the standard Guidelines don’t apply in all circumstances. You can also run into issues if your spouse attempts to hide income during your divorce. As a result, it is important to work closely with an experienced divorce lawyer when dealing with child support as well.
How an Experienced Haddon Heights Divorce Lawyer Can Help
What can you expect if you hire a Haddon Heights divorce lawyer at Helmer, Conley & Kasselman, P.A.? Here are just some of the ways our lawyers can help:
- Getting Ready for Your Divorce – From gathering all necessary financial records to identifying your “marital” and “separate” property, and from helping you weigh your options to helping you consider your spouse’s priorities, your lawyer can help you do everything necessary to get ready for your divorce.
- Deciding How to Approach the Divorce Process – Your lawyer can also help you decide how to approach the divorce process. Negotiation, mediation, collaborative divorce and going to court are all options, and you will want to pursue the option that is likely to produce the most efficient and cost-effective outcome.
- Making Informed Long-Term Decisions – As we said above, the decisions you make now can truly impact the rest of your life. Your lawyer can help you make informed long-term decisions so you don’t find yourself wishing that you had given more thought to your divorce in the future.
- Resolving Issues as They Arise – If you and your spouse struggle to come to terms at any point in the process, your lawyer can help you find a path forward. Here too, there are several options, and the key is to choose an option that is likely to prove successful under the circumstances at hand.
- Securing a Fair and Final Outcome – Ultimately, your lawyer can help ensure that you secure a fair and final outcome. This means that the outcome of your divorce both (i) appropriately reflects your rights under New Jersey law and, (ii) addresses all issues so that no questions are left unresolved.
Speak with a Divorce Lawyer at Our Haddon Heights Office in Strict Confidence
If you would like to speak with a divorce lawyer at our Haddon Heights office, we invite you to get in touch. To arrange a confidential consultation at Helmer, Conley & Kasselman, P.A., please call 877-435-6371 or tell us how we can reach you online today.
