Custody and Visitation: Family Court Services Mediation v Private Custody Evaluation

Custody and Visitation: Family Court Services Mediation v Private Custody Evaluation

In every family law case involving custody and visitation issues, the parents are required to participate in a custody mediation or evaluation process. By default, parents are scheduled for custody mediation though an avenue provided by the court system, called Family Court Services. There is also an alternative option for engaging in a private custody evaluation outside of the process provided by the court system.

Divorcee Mother’s Day

Divorcee Mother’s Day

More money is spent on gifts for Mother’s Day than any other holiday except Christmas. The National Retail Federation says Americans spent $25 billion on gifts for Mom in 2019, including $2.6 billion just for flowers. Meals out racked up $2.6 billion of the tab.

PCTJ: An Alternative to Courtroom Litigation

PCTJ: An Alternative to Courtroom Litigation

PCTJ stands for Privately Compensated Temporary Judge. The PCTJ process is an alternative to proceeding in traditional court in which the PCTJ essentially steps into the role of a Superior Court judicial officer to make binding decisions related to family law cases.

ATROS: WHAT ARE THEY?

ATROS: WHAT ARE THEY?

Family law attorneys use the term “ATROs” to refer to Automatic Temporary Restraining Orders that are summarized on the back of a summons for a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage or Domestic Partnership, Legal Separation, or Nullity of Marriage.