The New Jersey process, explained plainly.
Legal information with its sources named — never advice about your case. When a question needs judgment, it needs a New Jersey attorney, and we say so.
How long does an uncontested divorce take in New Jersey?
The honest 2026 timeline: what the six-month grounds period, the 35-day answer window, and court processing actually add up to.
August 1, 2026 · 6 min read
The $300 question: every fee in a New Jersey uncontested divorce
Filing fees, the parent education fee, responsive pleading fees, certified copies — the complete 2026 cost list, including the fee waiver nobody mentions.
August 1, 2026 · 5 min read
JEDS: how to file your New Jersey divorce online
The Judiciary Electronic Document Submission system, step by step — accounts, file formats, payment, and what happens after you press submit.
August 1, 2026 · 5 min read
Irreconcilable differences: what New Jersey's six-month rule actually means
The no-fault ground almost every amicable divorce uses, what the statute really requires, and the mistakes that get complaints bounced.
August 1, 2026 · 5 min read
Changing your name in an NJ divorce: do Social Security before the MVC
The judgment can restore your prior name for free — and there's one ordering mistake that costs people an extra trip to a motor vehicle agency.
August 1, 2026 · 4 min read
The 12 documents in a New Jersey uncontested divorce, in filing order
What each document in the packet actually does — complaint to judgment — and which official state forms hide inside it.
August 1, 2026 · 7 min read
You probably never have to appear in court — New Jersey's divorce on the papers
Directive #01-25 lets a New Jersey judge enter your Final Judgment of Divorce without either of you ever setting foot in a courtroom. What it requires, and what still gets you a hearing.
August 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Can't afford the $300 filing fee? New Jersey has a waiver.
New Jersey courts can waive divorce filing fees for people who genuinely cannot pay. Who qualifies, how to ask, and where to get free help with the application.
August 8, 2026 · 4 min read
Your spouse filed for divorce in New Jersey. Here is your 35 days.
You were served with a Complaint for Divorce. What the 35-day deadline actually means, the three ways to respond, what happens if you do nothing, and how to keep an amicable case amicable.
August 8, 2026 · 6 min read
The parenting class New Jersey requires before your divorce is final
Divorcing parents of minor children in New Jersey attend a mandatory Parents' Education Program. What it is, the $25 fee, how long it adds to your timeline, and what it is not.
August 8, 2026 · 4 min read
There is no alimony calculator in New Jersey
Child support has a formula. Alimony does not. What N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23(b) actually asks a judge to weigh, the four kinds of alimony, and the 20-year line that governs how long it lasts.
September 9, 2026 · 7 min read
Equitable distribution in New Jersey does not mean half
New Jersey is not a community property state. What counts as marital property, what stays exempt, and the sixteen factors under N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23.1 that decide how it splits.
September 9, 2026 · 7 min read
Divorce mediation in New Jersey, and when it beats doing it yourselves
Mediation is how couples reach agreement; an uncontested filing is what happens once they have. How New Jersey's court mediation programs work, what a mediator can and cannot do, and who should use one.
September 9, 2026 · 7 min read
How to serve divorce papers in New Jersey
Service is the step that turns a filed complaint into a case your spouse must answer. The four ways New Jersey allows, the 60-day rule, what the Acknowledgment of Service does, and what happens when a spouse won't cooperate.
September 14, 2026 · 7 min read
New Jersey has no legal separation. Here is what it has instead.
People search for 'legal separation in NJ' every day and there is no such filing. What New Jersey actually offers — living apart, a separation agreement, and the unusual 'divorce from bed and board' — and when each makes sense.
September 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Annulment vs divorce in New Jersey: which one you actually qualify for
An annulment says the marriage never validly existed; a divorce ends one that did. New Jersey's grounds for annulment are narrow and specific. Who qualifies, why almost nobody does, and why a short marriage is not a reason.
September 14, 2026 · 5 min read
The New Jersey residency requirement for divorce, explained
One spouse must have lived in New Jersey for a year before filing — except on one ground. What counts as residence, what happens if you moved recently, and what to do if you are just short of twelve months.
September 14, 2026 · 4 min read
Divorce in New Jersey when you can't find your spouse
You cannot serve someone whose address you do not know — but you can still get divorced. What a 'diligent inquiry' means, service by publication, why the judgment may be limited, and why this is a lawyer's case.
September 14, 2026 · 5 min read
Divorcing a spouse who is in prison in New Jersey
An incarcerated spouse can be served, can sign, and can agree — the process is mostly the same with some practical differences. Service inside a facility, signatures and notaries, the uncontested option, and the separate fault ground.
September 14, 2026 · 5 min read
The New Jersey uncontested divorce checklist
Everything you need before, during and after filing an uncontested divorce in New Jersey, as one list: the gates, the documents, the fees, the filing day, the waiting, and the after.
September 14, 2026 · 6 min read
The first 90 days after your New Jersey divorce
The judgment is signed. Now the part nobody helps with: certified copies, the name-change order of operations, beneficiaries that still name your ex, the will, the deed, the taxes — in the order that saves the most trouble.
September 14, 2026 · 6 min read