Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey

Abandonment Law Clarification

If i leave the house because i am fed up with the way my relationship is going, can my wife, the next day say that i abandoned her and my child. What kind of time line do i have to get a lawyer?


Asked on 7/29/08, 2:46 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys

Gary Moore Gary Moore Attorney At Law

Re: Abandonment Law Clarification

You can come and go as you please but you have a support obligation to your child, if you have one, and at least a present obligation to support your wife if that is your present arrangement.

Call me if you like.

Gary Moore, Esquire

Hackensack, New Jersey

www.garymooreattorneyatlaw.com

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Answered on 7/29/08, 2:54 pm
Robert Davies The Davies Law Firm, P.A.

Re: Abandonment Law Clarification

Go speak to a divorce attorney now. Before you leave the house. Almost always, it is a very very very very bad idea to leave the house.

Your questions are reasonable, and important, and complicated. It is not possible to give you a short and simple answer.

You really need to sit down with an attorney and get some guidance. The decisions you make now will have a profound, serious and long lasting effect upon you and your children.

Some thoughts (and these are only general statements, NOT intended to guide your decisions):

You are in the beginning of a divorce.

You have a job. You may have a house. you may have savings, pension, credit card bills, and other things to deal with.

Your spouse may have a job.

You may have a child (children), and child support and college tuition needs to be paid. That is measured in tens of thousand of dollars.

Nothing that an attorney can say over this bulletin board can come close to helping you solve your problems. Careless actions by you will likely cost you thousands of dollars, make your life more difficult, and possibly cause additional harm to the child (children).

Hire an attorney. Go to an experienced divorce attorney located reasonably near you, and pay the attorney to review your situation carefully with you, and give you some guidance.

If you would like, give me a call; I am in northern New Jersey. I will be happy to discuss this with you; the telephone consultation will be free.

My contact information can be obtained from the links below, just click on the Attorney Profile link. Let my secretary know you found me through LawGuru.

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Answered on 7/29/08, 2:57 pm
Jef Henninger, Esq Law Offices of Jef Henninger, Esq.

Re: Abandonment Law Clarification

The other lawyers gave you great advice. Before you do anything, you should see an attorney because if you do leave, you will need very quickly.

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Answered on 7/29/08, 6:49 pm


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