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Burlington County divorce attorneys — Mount Holly Family Part.
Family Part representation across Burlington County — Mount Holly, Mount Laurel, Willingboro, Burlington, Pemberton, Medford, Marlton (Evesham), Cinnaminson, Moorestown, Maple Shade, Delran, and the McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst area.
Divorce representation in Burlington County
Burlington County is geographically one of New Jersey's largest counties, stretching from the Delaware River shore through the central farmland into the Pinelands. That breadth is not just trivia — it shapes the cases. The McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst joint base means a meaningful share of Burlington matters involve active-duty service members, veterans, and the particular asset and jurisdiction questions that come with military service. Elsewhere in the county, federal-civilian employment, Philadelphia-commuter incomes, and a wide span of suburban South Jersey home values mean that two divorces filed in the same Mount Holly courthouse can look almost nothing alike. Reading which of those patterns a case fits is the first real piece of legal work, because it drives the asset analysis, the support numbers, and the parenting plan.
We represent Burlington County clients at every stage of the divorce process — initial complaint, Case Management Conference, custody mediation, Early Settlement Panel, economic mediation, trial, and post-judgment enforcement or modification. Most cases settle before trial, and a well-built settlement is its own kind of advocacy; but the cases that settle on fair terms are usually the ones prepared as though they might not.
The Burlington County Family Part
All Burlington County divorces are filed with the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part — Burlington Vicinage, at the Burlington County Courts Facility, 49 Rancocas Road, Mount Holly. The Vicinage handles complaint filings, motion practice, custody and parenting-time mediation, Early Settlement Panel, economic mediation, and final hearings.
Burlington County divorce services
Contested and uncontested divorce
New Jersey is a no-fault state under N.J.S.A. 2A:34-2source. We handle uncontested matters and contested matters involving complex finances, custody disputes, military-service compensation, and substantial retirement assets.
Equitable distribution with military and federal-employment complexity
Under N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23.1source, the Family Part divides marital property and debt equitably — fairly, considering sixteen statutory factors, not necessarily equally. Burlington matters often involve military Survivor Benefit Plan elections, military-service retirement under the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (10 U.S.C. § 1408source), federal Thrift Savings Plan accounts, and federal civilian employment FERS pensions.
Alimony and spousal support
Alimony under N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23source recognizes open durational, limited duration, rehabilitative, and reimbursement alimony, weighing the marital standard of living, length of marriage, earning capacity of each spouse, and other factors. New Jersey does not use a fixed formula for alimony, so the type and amount that result depend heavily on how the facts are presented. Where one spouse stepped back from a career to support a service member's deployments or to raise children, that history bears directly on earning capacity and on whether support should be open durational or time-limited, which is why the reconstruction of each spouse's real budget and earning history tends to do more work in these cases than any single statutory factor read in isolation.
Child custody and parenting time
Custody decisions follow the fourteen-factor best-interests analysis in N.J.S.A. 9:2-4source. Burlington parenting plans face logistical realities specific to the county — military-service deployment cycles affecting one parent's availability, school-district variation, Turnpike and Route 295 commute patterns.
Child support — including high-income matters
Child support is calculated under the New Jersey Child Support Guidelines (R. 5:6Asource). The Guidelines cap combined parental net income at approximately $187,200 annually (adjusted periodically). Above the cap, the court applies the Guidelines amount to the cap and exercises discretion above it based on the children's actual reasonable needs. See our child support page for additional detail.
Domestic violence and restraining orders
Domestic-violence matters move on their own urgent track, separate from the divorce timeline. Under the New Jersey Prevention of Domestic Violence Act (N.J.S.A. 2C:25-29source), a Temporary Restraining Order can ordinarily issue the same day from a Family Part judge — or, after hours, from a municipal court judge — with a Final Restraining Order hearing generally scheduled within ten days. A New Jersey FRO, once entered, typically remains in effect indefinitely unless a court later dissolves or modifies it, which is part of why the FRO hearing carries real weight and ordinarily should not be faced without counsel. We represent clients on both sides of these matters — those seeking protection and those defending against an allegation that, if a final order issues, can affect employment, firearms rights, and the custody analysis in the divorce itself.
Burlington County municipalities served
We represent Burlington County clients in Mount Holly, Mount Laurel, Willingboro, Burlington, Pemberton, Medford, Marlton/Evesham, Cinnaminson, Moorestown, Maple Shade, Delran, Bordentown, Riverside, Westampton, Lumberton, Tabernacle, Shamong, Hainesport, Eastampton, Springfield, North Hanover, Pemberton Township, New Hanover, Mansfield, and Florence. We also handle statewide family law matters across all 21 New Jersey counties.
Frequently asked questions
▸ Where is the Burlington County Family Part?
All Burlington County divorce, custody, support, and domestic-violence matters are filed with the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part — Burlington Vicinage — at the Burlington County Courts Facility, 49 Rancocas Road, Mount Holly. The Vicinage handles complaint filings, motion practice, custody mediation, Early Settlement Panel, economic mediation, and final hearings.
▸ How long does a divorce take in Burlington County?
Uncontested matters can move efficiently once a complete marital settlement agreement is signed and filed. Contested matters move through Case Management, custody mediation, Early Settlement Panel, economic mediation, and, if necessary, trial.
▸ How is property divided in a Burlington County divorce?
Burlington County matters span the full economic range. Cases here often involve military-service compensation and TSP retirement accounts (given the McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst presence), federal-civilian employment retirement plans, and South Jersey suburban-residential property valuations. Equitable distribution under N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23.1source requires the court to divide marital property fairly using sixteen statutory factors.
▸ What is the residency requirement to file in Burlington County?
Under N.J.S.A. 2A:34-10source, a New Jersey court has jurisdiction over a divorce so long as either party has been a New Jersey resident for at least twelve months before filing. Service members stationed at McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst face additional considerations under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
▸ Does Simon Law Group serve Burlington County?
Simon Law Group's three offices are in Somerville, Morristown, and Flemington, and we appear in the Burlington Vicinage regardless of which office a client works with. The Flemington office is the closest of the three to the northern end of the county (Bordentown, Mansfield, Florence). Much of the work in a modern family case — document exchange, drafting, strategy calls, and settlement negotiation — happens by phone, video, and secure portal, so distance rarely dictates the quality of the representation. We represent Burlington County clients at every stage of the divorce process, from the initial complaint through post-judgment enforcement.
▸ Do you handle custody and parenting time in Burlington County?
Custody decisions follow the fourteen-factor best-interests analysis in N.J.S.A. 9:2-4source. Burlington parenting plans face logistical realities specific to the county — military-service deployment cycles affecting one parent's availability, school-district variation across the county's geography, Turnpike and Route 295 commute patterns.
Related family law resources
- Family law overview
- Divorce process and stages
- Child custody and parenting time
- Child support
- Alimony and spousal support
- Divorce mediation
- Field Guide Volume 1 — Navigating Child Custody
Why families choose Simon Law Group
Our family law practice is led by Joel A. Friedman, who built nearly his entire career around New Jersey families in transition — divorce, custody and parenting time, child and spousal support, restraining orders, and DCPP defense — and practiced on his own for more than two decades before joining the firm to lead its family law department. That background matters in a county like Burlington, where a case may turn on a military pension, a federal Thrift Savings Plan, a Philadelphia-commuter income, and a parenting schedule built around a deployment cycle all at once. The work we do before anyone walks into the Mount Holly courthouse — reconstructing the finances on the Case Information Statement, valuing the assets correctly, and pressure-testing the parenting plan against the family's actual logistics — is usually what determines whether a case settles on fair terms or has to be fought to a hearing.
No lawyer can promise a particular outcome, and any firm that does should give you pause. What we can commit to is straight answers, real preparation, and a plan you understand at each step. If you want a sense of the road ahead before we ever speak, the Field Guide to Navigating Child Custody walks through the custody process in plain language.
Talk to a Burlington County divorce attorney
If you are considering filing for divorce in Burlington County or have been served with a complaint, schedule a consultation request. Call (800) 709-1131 or use the contact form. Your request is confidential, and someone from the firm will follow up promptly.
Reviewed by Joel A. Friedman, Esq., Family Law Attorney, Simon Law Group, LLC — May 2026
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