Divorce in New Jersey: Maneuvering Your Client Through The End of Their Marriage

Marriages are not merely symbolic unions between people. Rather, they have legal significance, grant rights, and impose obligations. Most frequently, these legal consequences are resolved when marriages end. The process for ending a marriage is called a divorce. In New Jersey, divorces are special types of lawsuits that are requested, effectuated, and granted in court by a judge.

This course, presented by Rajeh Saadeh, will outline the divorce process in New Jersey from filing to final judgment. This program will benefit lawyers, especially newly admitted New Jersey lawyers, who want an introductory, easy-to-follow roadmap on how a divorce commences, proceeds, and ends in New Jersey, the issues that are resolved in a divorce, and how to identify and effectuate them.

Learning Objectives:

1. Review the process of divorce in New Jersey and the legal consequences of ending a marriage 

2. Identify the pleadings and procedural steps involved in a divorce in New Jersey

3. Prepare for the process of a divorce proceeding and how it proceeds through the court

4. Discuss the issues that a divorce resolves and how to identify such issues and effectuate them