What happens to children if same-sex partners or spouses break up?

Parenting laws in New Jersey are gender neutral. They do not favor parents based on whether they are biological or adoptive parents. The courts operate under the general premise that is in a child’s best interest to have close healthy relationships with both their parents whenever possible, and will look to custody and parenting time arrangements to provide this to the children.

Bari Zell Weinberger is the owner and managing partner of Weinberger Law Group in New Jersey. She is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney.