The fact of the matter is that unlike some other states, New Jersey does not have a formal law authorizing Legal Separation. Other states, such as New york, do offer a formal Legal Separation as an option for couples wishing to stop living as husband and wife, but on the other hand are not ready [...]

Each state has developed guidelines to calculate a range of child support to be paid, based on the parents’ respective incomes and expenses. These guidelines vary from state to state, which means that in virtually identical situations the child support ordered in one state may be far more or less than that ordered in another [...]