The cases on this page represent just some of the recent cases that my firm has handled. Every case is different, no matter how similar the two may seem. Thus, the exact same results are not to be expected. Instead, these cases are just to give you an example of what we do for our clients.
Emancipation
-E.M. Client had no contact with the child since birth. The child was 18 and out of school (or so the client thought). Jef filed a motion for emancipation but the case was denied because the other side claimed that the child was in school. Jef filed several subpoenas which showed that this was false. The motion was refiled and the child was emancipated. While the case took quite a while to work out, it did not get expensive.
-Keith W. Client’s child suffered from severe mental health issues. As a result, the mother was essentially seeking child support for life. She fought hard to fight the emancipation but Jef fought even harder. After months of fighting, the mother finally gave up and threw in the towel. As a result, the child was emancipated.
-John G. Client was thinking that the emancipation motion would be a huge battle. Jef was able to call the mother and get her to agree that the child would be emancipated even though he was still in school. Jef drafted the consent order and the child was emancipated.
-Yvonne T. Client’s ex-husband filed a motion to emancipate the parties’ daughter. He also sought to reduce child support if the court did not emancipate the child. Jef’s response quickly shut down the motion so that child support remained the same.
-Guillermo A. Client was a truck driver in California who grew estranged from his daughter who lived in New Jersey. As a result, he had little information about her current education status. Jef launched an investigation and filed several subpoenas. Jef found out that his daughter indicated that she was married. In addition, Jef found out what college she was attending and that she would register for full credits but drop or fail almost all of them. Jef showed the court that she was really going to school part time, so she was emancipated. Because the emancipation was made retroactive, the client was actually owed approximately $15,000 from the other party.
College Expenses
-Tim S. Client’s daughter clearly saw him as a wallet. In fact, she told him so in a sarcastic greeting card. As a result, Jef fought hard to get the child emancipated. After months of fighting, Jef worked out an agreement that emancipated the child even though she was still in school in exchange for a lump sum payment to the mother.
Child Support
-Reynaldo M. Client was facing a motion for child support from a child he never met. The child was 12 and he had no idea it was his. The mother was looking for child support from birth to now and in the future. After almost a year of litigation, Jef shut down the entire motion so that the client did not have to pay one cent in child support.
-David O. Client was facing a motion for an increase in child support. Jef showed the court that the motion was baseless so it was denied.
-Donald S. Between college expenses and child support, client had built up over $60,000 worth of arrears. Jef filed a motion with the court to vacate all of his arrears and emancipate his children. The court issued a “tentative decision” which indicated that the motion was partly granted. The two children would be emancipated but the client would still have arrears of $15,000. With $45,000 worth of arrears wiped out, some would call that a win. However, Jef would accept nothing short of a zero arrears figure. Jef appeared for oral argument and fought hard against both the judge and the other attorney. Even though most tentative decisions are never changed, the court sided with Jef and the client was held not responsible for any debt. This is what we mean when we say that our New Jersey child support attorneys will fight for you!
-Steven M. Client was choking due to amount of child support he had to pay in addition to having to support his new children with his current wife. Jef was able to get one of his children emancipated which reduced his child support. However, Jef also was able to further reduce his child support to account for the support that he has to provide to his other children.
-Bennet L. Client filed a motion to emancipate his child which was met by a cross motion seeking a ton of money in stock and other assets from the client. He then hired Jef Jef “>Henninger. Jef filed a response which hit back hard at the cross motion. As a result, the Court sided with Jef and the client was very happy with the final order.
Custody
-Shane L. Client’s child was kidnapped by the maternal grand mother and taken to another state. Local authorities wouldn’t help him so Jef filed a motion. The court ordered the client to have custody and he was reunited with his daughter within days.
-Tracy L. The father of the client’s child refused to give the child back to the client after his visitation. Since there was no custody order previously in place, custody was up for grabs. Both parties filed emergency motions. In the chambers, the judge informed Jef that his client would not win the emergency motion but that the case would return in two months for a final hearing. The judge wanted Jef to consent but knowing that the judge would never change the status quo two months later, Jef refused to back down. Once the case went back into open court a few minutes later, Jef continued to fight hard. Jef fought so hard that the judge changed her mind and awarded temporary custody to the client. Of course, at the next court appearance, the client retained custody.
-Scott F. Client had to boys. One wanted to stay with him and one wanted to leave the state with the mother. However, the mother wanted to take them both out of state. Jef fought hard and set up a great trial with several witnesses. The court allowed the one boy to stay with the client and have the other go with the mother.
Parenting Time/Visitation
-Joseph J. Client did not have any visitation with his teenage son. Jef’s motion was successful in setting up a great visitation schedule for the client.
-Brian M. Client did not see his young son for almost a year. Jef filed a motion that successfully set up a gradual increase in visitation for the client.
-Jacob K. The mother of the client’s child wanted to restrict his parenting time. Jef filed a motion and was able to get the client over night parenting time.
Alimony
-Walter D. Before hiring the firm, client filed a motion to terminate his alimony. His motion was denied and the case went up on appeal. On appeal, his alimony was subsequently reduced but not terminated. He was in a desperate situation where he was paying more than he made a year before taxes. He had been on literally hundreds of interviews but could not get a better job than a waiter. Jef fought hard to get his alimony terminated and presented the court with a mountain of evidence to support the motion. As a result, the client’s alimony was subsequently terminated.
-Lynn L. Client’s husband filed a motion to terminate her alimony based upon cohabitation. She fired her attorney and hired Jef to get the job done. After an incredibly hard fought battle against a great attorney, Jef was able to preserve the client’s alimony which was more than $100,000 per year.
Divorce
Since just about every divorce case settles, it is tough to point to any specific case and call it a win compared with any other case. However, the case of Karen D. is rather interesting. Client’s husband filed criminal charges and a divorce complaint against her at the same time. She hired Jef Henninger for both cases. Jef acted quickly in getting the criminal case dismissed well before it was scheduled to be presented to the grand jury. After that was done, the only real issue in the divorce was the client’s counsel fees as the marriage only lasted a few months and the parties had no assets to divide. At the Early Settlement Panel, Jef fought so hard for Karen that she received total reimbursement for her counsel fees from her husband.
