Child Custody, Visitation & Support

Toms River Child Custody Lawyers

Are you concerned about seeing your kids as often as you want after a divorce? Are you worried that your ex-spouse will not provide a safe and stable environment for your children? If you've tried to work our child custody issues to no avail, it may be time to seek the advice of an attorney.

In New Jersey, child custody and visitation are called parenting time. While courts try to provide both parents with access to the children, it's common for the children to live with one parent primarily.

For many parents, child custody is one of the most difficult issues in divorce. At the law offices of Purrazzella & Purrazzella, our goal as lawyers is to help you obtain the parenting time you want, while causing the least amount of damage to your children in the process. To support your case, we will work with mental health professionals and court-appointed family law mediators.

The court's goal is to provide both parents with access to their children. However, if there is reason to believe a parent is a threat to a child's well-being, our lawyers will do what is necessary to help protect your child.

Child Removal Actions

Our lawyers represent both custodial and noncustodial parents in child removal actions, which are court proceedings to determine whether a custodial parent can move out of state with a child. For the noncustodial parent, such a move can drastically reduce the amount of time he or she spends with the child.

In New Jersey, a custodial parent needs either approval of the other parent or court approval before a child can be moved from the state, unless the child is 16 or older. In deciding these cases, courts will consider the right of the parent to live where he or she wants, the right of the other parent to see the child, and what is in the best interests of the child.

Contact a child custody lawyer at Purrazzella & Purrazzella today to arrange a consultation. We are located on the corner of Hooper and Franklin Avenues in Toms River, New Jersey.

The child custody lawyers at Purrazzella & Purrazzella in Toms River, New Jersey serve clients in Ocean County and Monmouth County, including Brick, Berkeley, Bayville, Jackson, Lakewood, Manasquan, Point Pleasant, Brielle, Forked River, Asbury Park, Lacey, Manahawkin, Howell, Barnegat, Manchester.