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You're an Influencer Getting Divorced. Does Your Spouse Get Part of Your Business?
If you built an audience during your marriage, New Jersey may treat that reputation as a divisible asset. What Dugan and Piscopo already decided, why the account you do not technically own still counts, and the questions about your content that only mediation can answer.

We Were Together Long Before We Could Marry. Does Our History Count?
New Jersey often starts the clock at the marriage certificate, not the day your life together began. What that means for same-sex couples dividing property and support, and why mediation is where your real history can count.

Is There a Best Time of Year to Get Divorced?
December 31 sets your tax filing status for the whole year, and the capital gains exclusion on your home changes once you are divorced. A New Jersey mediator on the timing details worth knowing, and the one that actually matters.

What Does a Divorce Actually Cost in New Jersey?
What a divorce really costs in New Jersey, from court filing fees to contested litigation. A plain-language breakdown of the numbers, and why conflict rather than complexity is the single biggest driver of the bill.

Money and Divorce Mediation: How to Face Your Finances
A divorce mediator on the emotional side of money. A plain language playbook for financial mediation, from budgets and dividing assets to spousal support, child support, and retirement.

What Happens to the House? Untangling Home Equity in a New Jersey Divorce
People walk in terrified of the numbers and walk out running their own budget, understanding their own equity, in charge of their own money for the first time in years. There's real power in that.

How Does Equitable Distribution Work in NJ Divorce
Equitable does not mean equal in New Jersey. A plain language guide to what counts as marital property, how the sixteen statutory factors actually work, and the seven mistakes that cost divorcing couples the most money.
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