Latest Legal Updates

The latest legal updates from KWW in Bradley Beach covering everything from divorce costs to discrimination to tax issues.

December 2, 2015
Michael Booth, New Jersey Law Journal December 1, 2015 Lawyers argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court on Dec. 1 over whether a town’s rescue squad […]
November 11, 2015

Attorney Cipora Winters Offers Tips for Divorcing in New Jersey

The first tip I can give is to collect a file of documents reflecting your economic life during the marriage. Most economic issues will be determined […]
November 11, 2015

How Can You Reduce the Cost of a NJ Divorce

Divorce does not have to be expensive. Many of the costs for a divorce are within a client’s control, including how often you communicate with your […]
November 11, 2015

What is Domestic Violence in New Jersey? – Trancript

In New Jersey, domestic violence is governed by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, which states that domestic violence occurs where there has been a violation […]
November 11, 2015

How is alimony and child support calculated in New Jersey?

Child support is typically based on the New Jersey Child Support Guidelines. The Child Support Guidelines are premised on three concepts: Child support is the continuous […]
November 11, 2015

Firm Overview Video Transcript- Keith, Winters & Wenning

Keith, Winters & Wenning, LLC is a full service law firm located in Bradley Beach, New Jersey. We handle a wide variety of cases, including family […]
October 30, 2015

Attorney Cipora Winters’ Tips for Starting a Divorce

As a partner at Keith, Winters & Wenning, LLC, Cipora Winters has been exclusively practicing family and matrimonial law for almost 20 years in New Jersey […]
October 30, 2015

What constitutes “Domestic Violence” In New Jersey?

Divorce Attorney Brian Winters Offer Insight In the state of New Jersey, domestic violence is governed by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, which states that […]
October 30, 2015

NJ Lawyer Amy Harris on Reducing Divorce Costs

Divorce does not have to be expensive. Many of the costs for a divorce are within a client’s control, including how often you communicate with your […]
July 30, 2015

NJ Judges Must Weigh More Than Marriage Length For Alimony

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on July 29, 2015 at 5:54 PM, updated July 29, […]
June 23, 2015

Server Sues Restaurant: Says Tip Pooling is Required

A server at a New Jersey Houlihan’s restaurant has filed a complaint in the District of New Jersey alleging the restaurant chain unlawfully requires servers to […]
May 12, 2015

20-2-6682 Sercia v. Sercia, App. Div. (per curiam) (9 pp.)

New Jersey Judiciary, May 6, 2015 Defendant appealed from a post-judgment matrimonial order denying her motion for payment of supplemental alimony from plaintiff’s annual bonus income. […]
May 6, 2015

NJ Supreme Court Justices Decide If Leaving Child in Car Is Abuse

New Jersey Legal In Brief By Michael Booth |April 27, 2015 The New Jersey Supreme Court is mulling whether a parent can be found to have […]
May 6, 2015

Domestic Violence Claims Enough to Deny Gun Permit in NJ

New Jersey Legal Briefs By Michael Booth |April 22, 2015 A New Jersey appeals court ruled April 22 that a person who has been accused of […]
April 21, 2015

Biggest Child Custody Battles Playing Out in Statehouses

By Ashby Jones April 16, 2015 1:22 p.m. ET Prompted partly by fathers concerned that men for too long have gotten short shrift in custody decisions, […]
March 25, 2015

New Jersey Governor Christie Rejects Change to NJ DUI Law

Andrew Seidman, Inquirer Trenton Bureau Last updated: Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 11:59 PM Posted: Monday, March 23, 2015, 5:41 PM Read more at https://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20150324_Christie_rejects_change_to_New_Jersey_s_DUI_law.html#Wf7fGqhgFp6lBQKE.99 Gov. Christie […]
February 27, 2015

New Jersey’s Amended Alimony Law – Cohabitation Litigation

Recently New Jersey  amended the definition of Cohabitation in order to determine future alimony awards and any modifications of existing alimony. How will it affect the […]
February 27, 2015

New Jersey Court Rejects Marital Presumption for Life Insurance Proceeds

Does being married to a deceased spouse create an assumption that the surviving spouse be the beneficiary even if the policy named another? Read the latest […]
December 17, 2014

Taxpayer Overcomes New Jersey Amnesty Penalty

posted on: by National Law ReviewWednesday, December 17, 2014 The Supreme Court of New Jersey recently affirmed a decision that amnesty and late‑filing penalties did not […]
December 17, 2014

NJ Supreme Court to Rule on Statute of Limitations Waiver re: Adverse Employment Action

posted on: By National Law Review Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Last week, the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed to address whether to uphold a provision in […]
December 15, 2014

Court to Consider Equal Accommodation for Pregnant Workers

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that asks whether a company discriminates by refusing to provide a simple accommodation to an expectant mother. The […]
November 19, 2014

Battered Mothers In New Jersey Face Discrimination…

Do Battered NJ Mothers Face Discrimination in the Courts? When two people in Monmouth County are in the process of getting a divorce, there are often […]
November 19, 2014

New Healthcare Law for Divorcing Couples

NEW HEALTHCARE LAW MAY MAKE IT EASIER TO OBTAIN INSURANCE AFTER DIVORCE One can hardly turn on the news lately without hearing some new fact about […]
May 21, 2014

Protecting Your Rights While Cohabitating

Nobody wants to go through a divorce. But what happens when you end a long-term relationship and divorce isn’t an option? The question is becoming more […]
May 21, 2014

GPS HIDDEN IN GLOVE COMPARTMENT CATCHES CHEATING HUSBAND

“Honey, pull over and ask for directions. We are going in circles” – Wife “I know exactly where we are … we are NOT lost.” – […]
May 21, 2014

ALIMONY IN NEW JERSEY

THE STATE OF LIFETIME ALIMONY IN NEW JERSEY IS QUESTIONED Going through divorce is the closing of one chapter in life and the opening of another. […]
May 21, 2014

WOMEN’S FINANCIAL STABILITY POST-DIVORCE

Following divorce, women typically suffer financially more than man and a percentage find themselves living in poverty. Women face challenges of entering a job market after […]
May 21, 2014

Money, Major Factor in Many NJ Divorces

It is not unusual for married couples to have disagreements. Some arguments erupt over trivial issues, and some are the result of major concerns. Those couples […]
May 21, 2014

UNMARRIED COHABITATING COUPLES STILL NEED LEGAL AGREEMENT

UNMARRIED COHABITATING COUPLES STILL NEED LEGAL AGREEMENT Nobody wants to go through a divorce. But what happens when you end a long-term relationship and divorce isn’t […]
May 21, 2014

ARGUING OVER MONEY MAJOR FACTOR IN MANY NEW JERSEY DIVORCES

ARGUING OVER MONEY MAJOR FACTOR IN MANY NEW JERSEY DIVORCES It is not unusual for married couples to have disagreements. Some arguments erupt over trivial issues, […]
May 21, 2014

Domestic Violence in New Jersey

Everyone thought the story was over. In 2009, pop sensation Rihanna was brutally assaulted by her then boyfriend Chris Brown. The singer stated that she ended […]
May 21, 2014

NEW JERSEY PALIMONY LAWS

NEW JERSEY SUPERIOR COURT CASE ANALYZES PALIMONY LAWS The Superior Court of New Jersey recently agreed to hear a case questioning when contracts allowing for palimony […]
May 21, 2014

RECENT MODIFICATIONS TO NEW JERSEY’S PALIMONY LAW

RECENT MODIFICATIONS TO NEW JERSEY’S PALIMONY LAW Cohabitating couples often face the same issues regarding the division of finances and property during the end of a […]
May 21, 2014

Oft-Jailed NJ Ex-spouse Shows Importance of Appropriate Alimony

Alimony has long been a point of contention between many separated spouses. When divorcing couples in Monmouth County, New Jersey, divide property and assets, typically neither […]
May 21, 2014

Minimizing Impact of Divorce on Kids During Holidays

…and Beyond Divorce is hard on everyone involved; it is tough for two spouses who had built a life together to watch that life fall apart. […]