Court order is required to modify a consent order concerning a grandparent’s visitation
From time to time we get questions from clients who are having trouble maintaining access to their grandchild after the grandchild’s parent has gotten divorced or has died. In cases where the parent of a minor child resists visitation by a grandparent, the grandparent may need to seek relief through the courts. There is a state statute on this issue. Mediation towards a consent order is...
Designate a Guardian for your minor children in your Will
When the natural parent of a minor child dies, it is necessary for a guardian to be appointed. In New Jersey, the surviving parent has statutory priority to become the guardian. Sometimes there is no other parent. What happens? There is a race to the court house among the next of kin, and then litigation among the competing interested parties, who may be relatives on either side to this child,...