In New Jersey, sadly the answer is yes. It wasn’t always this way. Up until several years ago, if you owned an operable car, you were required to have car insurance with a minimum of $15,000 in coverage. That all…
During the past few years, the issue of grandparent visitation has become something of a hot button issue in New Jersey and across the country. Beginning several years ago, lawmakers across the country began to recognize the benefits of grandparent…
If you’re the injured party in a personal injury lawsuit, the answer is generally, yes. Expert witnesses are an important and often a necessary part of personal injury cases. They may be crucial to introduce medical evidence, such as the…
If a person is accused of a serious crime involving drugs, they may be offered entry into a program called Drug Court. Basically, the program is designed to take non-violent drug offenders out of the prison system and place them…
From all of us at Raff & Raff, we wish you and yours, happy holidays and a happy new year. May you have nothing but happiness, health and success in all of your endeavors during the new year. We hope…
When a client consults with us on a divorce matter, one of the more common questions is, what's going to happen to the house? And this isn't just a common question that clients ask attorneys, but also a common question…
By Michael Raff, Esq. Most people are used to clicking "agree" and signing contracts frequently without much thought. Buried in the fine print of these documents and online websites for things like credit cards, mobile phones, nursing home contracts, job…
As part of our Divorce Law practice, clients sometimes ask about annulments and something called "marital fraud". Clients sometimes want to know if they need to get a divorce or if they could just get an annulment. Frequently, those people…
Article by Daniel A. Levy, Esq. Very recently, the New Jersey Supreme Court drastically changed the rules regarding police searches of vehicles. The bottom line is that police in New Jersey now do not need a warrant to search a…
