As our very own world has grown to be more highly developed each year, divorce & family law has become progressively challenging. Since litigants within the family courts of New Jersey oftentimes experience emotional upheaval, it is the family lawyer’s job to know the law, to have an understanding and counsel clients on the repercussions of various strategies, and to inform the client when it is most appropriate to settle and more suitable to litigate in the courts or before an arbitrator. On many occasions, one party in a dispute is in a more financially advantageous bargaining position than the other party. In any of those cases, the less advantaged client must seek adequate advice and counsel to defend that party and to level the playing field. It is always a desire to resolve family law disputes in as friendly a manner as is imaginable. We typically counsel clients that family law mediation with a knowledgeable family law attorney-mediator will undoubtedly be the best cost-effective and fairest strategy to take care of a family law dispute. Nevertheless, regardless of whether the parties desire to participate mediation to resolve their issues, it is always of benefit to both parties to retain separate counsel so that each can be comfortable that the mediation solutions being discussed are in the client’s best interests, as well as the best interests of their children, where children are concerned.
Child Support
Anyone going through a divorce, marital separation or who has children with another to whom you are not married would benefit from the advice and guidance that an experienced matrimonial attorney can give. I have over 35 years of experience handling all types of family law matters including divorce, child support, alimony, equitable distribution of property, child custody and visitation, pension distribution, analyzing the tax consequences of proposed marital settlements, mediation and arbitration of matrimonial cases, domestic violence trials and enforcement of matrimonial settlement agreements, to name but a few.
Child Custody and Visitation
Articles by Robert have been published in the New Jersey Family Lawyer, the principal publication of the New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section. He is a 1971 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University and a 1974 graduate of Villanova University School of Law, where he was an associate editor of the Villanova Law Review. In addition to his regular law practice representing individual clients, Robert is actively engaged in the mediation and arbitration of family law matters. On March 24, 2010, Robert received the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award from the Middlesex County Bar Association, which recognized his 26 years as a member of the Volunteer Attorney Program for Central Jersey Legal Services, representing those who cannot afford private counsel in a variety of civil matters including divorce, child custody and support matters.
Spousal Support
Anyone who is going through a divorce or marital separation, or if they have children with another to whom they are not married can benefit from the advice and guidance that an experienced attorney can provide. Robert Goldstein has over 35 years of experience handling all types of family law and attorney services. These include divorce, child support, alimony, palimony, distribution of property, child custody, child visitation, pension distribution, domestic violence, analyzing the tax consequences of proposed marital settlements, mediation and arbitration of matrimonial cases, and more!
Robert Goldstein offers over 41 years of experience working with any and all types of personal injury law matters throughout Middlesex, Monmouth, Union, and Ocean County, NJ. Personal injury law refers to the legal remedies and defenses involved in civil lawsuits brought as a result of wrongful conduct. In fact, the word “tort” comes from a Latin term meaning twist, wrong, or harm. In contrast to criminal law, a tort action does not involve the government prosecuting the wrongdoer. Rather, these cases involve a private plaintiff seeking compensation (usually money) for the harm caused by the defendant’s actions.
Robert Goldstein offers over 41 years of experience working with any and all types of workers comp law matters throughout Middlesex, Monmouth, Union, and Ocean County, NJ. Workers compensation, often called workers comp, is insurance which provides medical care and/or cash benefits to workers who became ill or were injured as a direct result of their job. It is a state mandated program which consists of the employer insurance carrier making direct payments to the injured employee.
Once negligence has been established in a personal injury case, the defendant may be called upon to pay the plaintiff for all of the harms and losses caused by the defendant’s actions. Certain types of damages are easy to calculate, such as property damage and medical bills. For other types, such as emotional distress and loss of earning capacity, expert testimony may be required. Punitive damages, meant to punish and deter particularly egregious conduct, may also be available in certain situations.
Most personal injury cases are based on the doctrine of negligence. In essence, negligence is a failure to exercise, in the given circumstances, that degree of care for the safety of others, which a person of ordinary prudence would exercise under similar circumstances. It may be the doing of an act which the ordinary prudent person would not have done, or the failure to do that which the ordinary prudent person would have done, under the circumstances then existing.