Richard Diamond
Certified Divorce & Family Law Trial Lawyer by the NJ Supreme Court
Richard Diamond has been practicing Family Law Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration work in New Jersey for the past 37 years and is a Certified Family Law Trial Attorney by the N.J. Supreme Court; Accredited New Jersey Family Law Mediator, authorized by the NJ Supreme Court to handle family law mediation matters with an active domestic violence restraining order in place and a Family Law Arbitrator.
Mr Diamond is also a Family Law Economic Mediator in Union, Essex, Morris, Somerset, Middlesex and Monmouth Counties.
Mr Diamond is also a member of the Essex, Union and Somerset County's Family Law Early Settlement Panel Program (ESP); a member of Who's Who in American Law; listed in Best Lawyers in America and a recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award for Family Law accomplishments.
Diamond & Diamond limits is practice to divorce, post divorce matters, child custody disputes, domestic violence representation, child support & alimony claims, business valuations in divorce, and prenuptial agreement drafting & review.
The firm also actively represents litigants in the NJ Family Court system in Somerset, Morris, Union, Essex, Middlesex, Passaic, Bergen, Monmouth, & Ocean Counties and regularly appears before the family part judges in each of those counties.
- Seton Hall University School of Law
- J.D. (1985) | Law
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- Rutgers University - Newark
- B.A. (1981) | Economics / Business Administration
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- Honors: Dual Degree
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- SENIOR PARTNER
- DIAMOND & DIAMOND P.A.
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- Handling Divorce Cases from Start to Finish, Continuing legal Education Seminar, NJ
- National Business Institute
- On an annual basis, Mr Diamond has participated in legal seminars as an author and lecturer on various family law topics involving Domestic Violence matters, Child Custody proceedings, Divorce, & Valuation of Businesses in Divorce matters
- Accredited Family Law Economic Mediator with Domestic Violence Restraining Orders in Place
- New Jersey State Bar
- CERTIFIED FAMILY LAW TRIAL ATTORNEY
- New Jersey Supreme Court
- Accredited Family Law Mediator
- New Jersey Superior Court System
- 2019 Award for New Jersey Family Law Attorneys
- Lawyers of Distinction
- Lifetime Charter Member
- Rue Ratings Best Attorneys of America
- 10 Best Family Law Firms in New Jersey
- American Institute of Family Law Attorneys
- N.J. Best Lawyers for Families
- New Jersey Family Magazine
- Certified Matrimonial Trial Lawyer by the NJ Supreme Court
- NJ State Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar - Family Law Section
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- Essex County Family Law Early Settlement Panelist
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- Somerset County Family Law Early Settlement Panelist
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- Union County Family Law Early Settlement Panelist
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- New Jersey
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- Free Consultation
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- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights , Victims Rights
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Certified Attorneys
- English: Spoken, Written
- Q. Disagreement with marriage settlement agreement and withdrawal for legal fees.
- A: To hire counsel, your husband paid a retainer. Presumably, he took the money to hire counsel from an account in which he has an interest (unless he borrowed the money from someone). For you to hire counsel, you will also need to pay a retainer and presumably, you will need to take money from an account as well. So long as there is no order in place in your divorce matter that prohibits you from invading an account, you can invade your retirement account or another account for payment purposes.
- Q. Who determines child support through college when parents live in different states?
- A: Your question is covered by the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) since it addresses the issue of a form of child support - college contribution. The issue is whether as a result of your move to Penn, does Penn law now apply to the issue of contribution for college, since the laws in both states are very different.
As to that question, you said that since the divorce, you and your ex have been back in court because of his retirement – was that a court in NJ or Penn? If in Penn, how did that take place?
Has your ex moved out of NJ as well, so that neither of you reside in NJ any longer?
Start with the presumption that NJ law still controls but there are a number of questions ... Read More
- Q. Ex spouse lives in different state ( Illinois) from where divorce was made(. Ohio) and I’m located in New Jersey.
- A: It depends on the issue outstanding. If the issue has to do with enforcement of child support or custody / parenting time, there are uniform laws applicable to determine which state has jurisdiction. If the issue has to do with equitable distribution, that is different issue and different rules apply. Best suggestion is to sit down with a family law attorney to get better educated on how to enforce the terms and where to file.
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