There has been a slight panic among some divorce lawyers I know about the lack of family law judges available to deal with divorce cases. I don’t pretend to know the political ins and outs of it, but the gist is that there are judicial vacancies, and not enough judges to make the system work. So, family court judges that should be available to hear your divorce case are no longer available. The sense I get is that if you expected to have a judge rule on something about your divorce, then you need to lower your expectations because you may have to wait a long while before you can appear in court.
At Westfield Mediation, LLC, we help couples come to an agreement about all areas of their divorce. We help parents develop a parenting plan, a fair and equitable distribution of their assets and debts, and calculate child and spousal support. Through divorce mediation, couples can resolve all the issues of the divorce. There is no need for the judge to decide anything. The only time you see the judge is to have your divorce legally granted. You walk into the court married and you leave the court divorced.
So don’t panic, like some of my lawyer colleagues. The vacancies will not affect you because you are not asking for the judge to decide anything about your divorce. When using mediation, you just want the judge to grant the divorce to make it legal. You have made all the necessary decisions during the course of mediation and you are satisfied with the final outcome. No rulings from the judge needed here.
For more information about Divorce Mediation. contact Randi M. Albert, JD, or Michelle Weinberg, LMFT, at Westfield Mediation, LLC, at 908.913.0373. View our website at www.westfieldnjmediation.com or email us at [email protected]
At Westfield Mediation, LLC, we help couples come to an agreement about all areas of their divorce. We help parents develop a parenting plan, a fair and equitable distribution of their assets and debts, and calculate child and spousal support. Through divorce mediation, couples can resolve all the issues of the divorce. There is no need for the judge to decide anything. The only time you see the judge is to have your divorce legally granted. You walk into the court married and you leave the court divorced.
So don’t panic, like some of my lawyer colleagues. The vacancies will not affect you because you are not asking for the judge to decide anything about your divorce. When using mediation, you just want the judge to grant the divorce to make it legal. You have made all the necessary decisions during the course of mediation and you are satisfied with the final outcome. No rulings from the judge needed here.
For more information about Divorce Mediation. contact Randi M. Albert, JD, or Michelle Weinberg, LMFT, at Westfield Mediation, LLC, at 908.913.0373. View our website at www.westfieldnjmediation.com or email us at [email protected]
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