Adinolfi, Roberto & Burick PA

09/02/2026

Clients ask us about private investigators more often than you'd think.

Sometimes it's the right tool. Sometimes it costs a lot and changes very little. And sometimes what someone is considering doing on their own creates a much bigger problem than the one they were trying to solve.

There's no single answer — it depends entirely on the facts of your case and what you're actually trying to accomplish.

So before you hire anyone, or take matters into your own hands, talk to your attorney. It's a short conversation that can save you a great deal.

Adinolfi, Roberto & Burick - Family Law is all we do.
856-428-8334

08/31/2026

Every text you send in a custody or divorce matter can end up printed out, highlighted, and handed to a judge. That doesn't mean you can't respond. It means responding is a decision, not a reflex.

We know the emotions are high — and we know it matters. Your co-parent says something that isn't true, or isn't fair, and everything in you wants to correct the record right then. That instinct isn't wrong. The timing usually is.

So if you're sitting there staring at a message, unsure whether to hit send — that's exactly what we're here for. Call us. Read it to us. That's not a bother; it's the job.

Adinolfi, Roberto & Burick - Family Law is all we do.
856-428-8334

08/26/2026

It's never actually about the lamp.

Somewhere a few months in, most people find themselves in a genuine standoff over an object neither of them even particularly likes. A lamp. A set of dishes. The good cutting board.

From the outside it looks petty. From the inside it's the only piece of this you can still put your hands on.

The lamp is standing in for something bigger — being heard, being treated fairly, getting some acknowledgment that all those years happened and mattered. Those things are real. They just don't have a line on the asset sheet.

Here's the practical part: the lamp is expensive. Every round of back-and-forth over it costs money that could be going toward your actual future. Part of an attorney's job is helping you tell the difference — this is worth pushing on, and this one is grief wearing a disguise.

You're allowed to be sad about the lamp. Just don't let it cost you the things that matter more. Bring us your list. We'll help you sort out which items are "lamps". Link in bio.

Family law is all we do.

08/24/2026

Nobody warns you about the waiting.

They warn you about the hard conversation. The paperwork. Telling the kids. Nobody mentions the months in between, where nothing seems to happen and you start quietly wondering whether you made a mistake.

You didn't. Slow is not the same as stuck.

A divorce in New Jersey moves in stages, and some of them are quiet by design — gathering financial records, figuring out what you actually own together, waiting on the other side to respond, working through the steps the court expects before anyone stands in front of a judge. From the outside it looks like nothing is happening. From the inside it feels like nothing is happening. It isn't nothing.

The cases that end badly are usually the ones where someone got tired of waiting and signed just to make it stop.

Your patience is doing something. And you should never have to wonder whether it is — keeping you in the loop is our job.

08/22/2026

The decision usually isn't what's keeping you awake.

By the time most people reach out to a family law attorney, they already know how the marriage ends. That part got settled quietly, months ago.

What's keeping you up is the arithmetic. Whether one income covers the mortgage. Whether the house has to go. Whether leaving at 45 means starting over from zero.

That fear is reasonable — and it's the part of this that actually has an answer. In New Jersey, there's no calculator that spits out a number. Alimony depends on the specifics of your marriage: how long it lasted, what each of you earns and could realistically earn, the life you built together, how long one of you has been out of the workforce, who carried the parenting load, and everything one of you contributed that never showed up on a paycheck.

You don't need to understand any of it before you call. That's what the first conversation with us is for.

Call us today to schedule an initial consultation because family law is all we do - 856-428-8334.

08/10/2026

Your sister-in-law means well. Your coworker who "went through it" means well. The guy at the gym who got full custody in 1998 means very well.

None of them have your file.

Every divorce runs on its own facts — your income, your custody schedule, your judge, your county. Advice that worked for someone else's case can quietly wreck yours.

Ask questions. Ask a lot of them. Just ask someone who's actually walked this road with people like you.

08/08/2026

"I think the judge got it wrong."

We hear it all the time. Sometimes you're right — courts do make mistakes, and New Jersey gives you ways to challenge a ruling. You can ask the judge to reconsider, or you can appeal to a higher court.

What most people don't realize: both of those doors close fast. The windows are short and strictly enforced, and they're different for each path. A strong argument filed too late usually doesn't get heard at all.

If an order didn't go your way, the clock is already running. Call us before it runs out.

Adinolfi, Roberto & Burick, P.A. — Mount Laurel, NJ

07/27/2026

Most people have heard of a restraining order — but do you know what an Extreme Risk Protective Order (ERPO) is? In our latest post, Partner Ryan Foran breaks down how New Jersey's ERPO law works, who can file it, and how it differs from a domestic violence restraining order. If you're concerned about a loved one's access to fi****ms, this one's worth a read.

Confused about NJ's Extreme Risk Protective Order law? Our family law attorneys explain how an ERPO differs from a domestic violence restraining order.

07/20/2026

That moment when your attorney hands you a Case Information Statement and it wants to know... everything. Your income. Your spending. That gym membership you forgot you had. Yes, all of it. Here's why it matters: the CIS is one of the most important documents in your NJ divorce. Courts rely on it to decide support and divide assets — and it's signed under oath, so errors and omissions can damage your credibility and your case. "Close enough" isn't good enough. The good news: you don't fill it out alone. We go through it with our clients line by line, forgotten gym memberships and all.

07/15/2026

Patents, copyrights, royalties, even a book you haven't finished writing — intellectual property can be a marital asset, too. In New Jersey, "property" is defined broadly for equitable distribution, and intangibles like future royalty streams are fair game if they were created or gained value during the marriage. NJ courts have even held that celebrity goodwill is a divisible asset. Dividing assets like these takes careful valuation — and counsel who's handled the unusual ones.