Effective Divorce Counsel in New Jersey
The legal process of divorce unbinds the legal ties between couples whose marriages are no longer working. Your divorce lawyer's job is to ensure that your rights are protected throughout the process.
Contact Howard J. Pfeffer, Attorney at Law, for legal help with all aspects of the divorce process, including:
Giving You an Honest Assessment
There are some divorce lawyers in New Jersey who make a lot of money by telling clients exactly what they want to hear. Howard J. Pfeffer is a different kind of lawyer.
Howard believes the best way to protect yourself, your children and your property is to get an honest assessment of your case from day one so you can choose an appropriate legal strategy going forward.
An honest assessment, based on Howard's over 40 years of experience, can also help you resolve your divorce case efficiently so you can move on with your life. The policy of the New Jersey courts is to seek resolution of a divorce within one year.
There are five opportunities in the process where you and your spouse have a chance to settle the divorce, keeping your case out of court. Once you have been fully informed of your legal rights, settling the case can cut down significantly on costs without depriving you of what you deserve.
Contact us at our Passaic County office to learn more about the New Jersey divorce process and how you can best pursue your goals within that process.
Understanding the Issue of Divorce Grounds
Many people enter into the divorce process prepared to offer extensive testimony on the grounds for the divorce. In fact, under New Jersey family law, the grounds are not necessarily relevant to the outcome of a divorce case.
New Jersey allows divorces on the grounds of irreconcilable differences — a broad categorization — and many divorces go forward on this basis. Even if you can prove separate grounds such as adultery, this may have no bearing on alimony, property distribution or other aspects of divorce.
While New Jersey currently does not offer divorce to those in a same-sex relationships, the concerns, challenges and legal processes are no different. Our committed advocacy to clients in this special situation is no less significant.
