It is helpful to ask yourself, ‘How does this add to the court’s understanding of the child and family?’, before identifying events within the chronology. The full guide on writing court reports ...

Many divorce and family law cases settle outside of court. However, for the cases that do not, trial testimony and evidence can have a big impact on the result of the case.

For those litigants who get their crack at "justice" in family court, the evidence rules, particularly N.J.R.E. 608 (as applied to civil/family matters), limits the extent to which they can ...