New Jersey Divorce News

Editor's Notes

1. On September 27, 2013, Judge Mary Jacobson of Mercer County ruled that New Jersey must recognize same-sex marriage (Garden State Equality v. Dow) as of October 21, 2013 on the grounds that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Windsor required New Jersey to recognize same-sex marriage because partners in civil unions are being denied federal benefits in violation of the state constitution. Read more.. http://www.divorcemag.com/articles/new_jersey_divorce_news/marriage-equality-law-in-new-jersey.html
2. A Brazilian federal court ruled on June 1 that Sean Goldman must return to New Jersey to be with his father, David Goldman, by June 3. The boy's mother divorced the elder Goldman in 2004 and took Sean with her to live in Brazil, where she remarried. She died in 2008 of complications in childbirth. Read more.. http://www.divorcemag.com/articles/Divorce_News/new-jersey-brazil-family-law-attorney.shtml
3. New Jersey may be ridiculed for "Jersey Shore's aggressive driving and talking too fast". However the state is no. 1 when it comes to "happily ever after." Read more.. http://www.divorcemag.com/articles/Divorce_News/newjerseylowestdivorce.html
4. Former New Jersey resident Julia Merfeld attempted to hire a hitman last month to kill her husband, citing the high cost of divorce as her primary reason. Read more.. http://www.divorcemag.com/articles/new_jersey_divorce_news/woman_hires_hitman.html
5. Monmouth County, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Paul X. Escandon is in the headlines again for all of the wrong reasons, as protests calling for his ouster heat up. Read more.. http://www.divorcemag.com/articles/Divorce_News/NJ-Escandon-Protests.shtml