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Becoming a Foster Care Parent

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Becoming a Foster Care Parent This week, the issue of children in the care of the federal government exploded on the national news scene. Families seeking asylum at the nation’s border are being separated and sent to separate housing facilities until their cases can be adjudicated. This means that the parents are sent to an adult detention facility, while the children are sent to a child detention facility. There are laws in place to protect children and require the federal and state governments to protect children, even if the children themselves are detained. One of the key points of those laws is that children cannot be housed with adults in detention facilities. While the subject of family separation is extremely upsetting, family separation is exactly what happens to children when their parents are unable to care for them or have problems with the criminal justice system and with their immigration status Foster Children in New Jersey Children who temporarily

New Jersey Wills and Probate Lawyers in Hackensack, New Jersey

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  Contesting a Will When individuals contest a will, more often than not, they believe the will does not reflect the actual intent of their deceased loved one. The party who made the will is called a testator. The party who receives property or a gift through a will is called a beneficiary. A will may be challenged by a beneficiary in its entirety or in part. Wills in New Jersey The New Jersey State Legislature and the New Jersey Probate Courts are motivated by a strong principal that the final wishes of a deceased person should be honored without compelling evidence to the contrary. A decision to gift or not to gift is personal. The true motivations and reasons why an individual gives his or her property to someone else will never be truly known. Sometimes even the stated reasons are incorrect. For purposes of interpretation of the testator’s intent, New Jersey Probate Courts can only rely on the contents of the will to ensure that the testator’s final wishes are e