Divorce

When couples in New Jersey do not share household chores equally, they might be more likely to get a divorce. Harvard Business School studied 3,000 couples and found that 25 percent of the ones who split up did so because of fights over housework. According to a 2017...

Older New Jersey residents who want to get a divorce should be prepared to address how it will affect their retirement. Individuals who get a end their marriages later in life may find that they have less time to recover their finances. For people 50 and older, the...

The financial issues that arise in a New Jersey divorce can be quite challenging. For example, dividing retirement funds will require proper planning. In a 2016 recent survey, 62 percent of divorce lawyers stated that retirement fund division was the most difficult...

New Jersey residents and others may benefit from planning for a divorce before getting married or while married. Doing so may make it easier to protect assets from being divided in a divorce or being seized by creditors. Creditors may come after funds in a joint...

Since 1993, the rate of divorce for people in New Jersey and throughout the United States who are over 50 has doubled, and trends show that it continues to rise. For people who are considering a divorce later in life, the financial aspects of the end of the marriage...

For people going through a divorce in New Jersey, the financial consequences and complications can be even more draining than the emotional and practical issues that arise at the end of a marriage. Even after the divorce settlement is finalized, there are a number of...