NJ Legislature Passes Bill for Remote Notarization in a Coronavirus Real Estate World On March 18, 2020, the New Jersey Assembly passed a bill to authorize remote notarization of documents by a notary public using communication technology. Thi...
"They Want to Expel My Child!" Why Are So Many Students Acting Out and Threatened With Expulsion?I love seeing patterns in my personal and professional life. As humans, we are a pattern-seeking species. We can laugh over some of the patterns our ancestor...
HOW TO JUMPSTART YOUR CHILD’S ADVOCACY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATIONParents are the natural advocates for their children. Yet when it comes to advocating for their special needs, they often do not have the important informati...
THE GOOD. THE BAD. THE UGLY OF TITLE SURVEYS. LUNCH & LEARNWe look forward to see you on February 12, 2020 from 12 pm – 2 pm at our "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly of Title Surveys." Lunch and Learn! If you have any que...
KEY MISTAKES PARENTS SHOULD AVOIDYou didn’t really want to engage in an Individual Education Plan (IEP) meeting with your child’s school, but situations have come to a head, and here you are...
15% discount for NAHREP membersIn honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Curbelo Law will be offering special discounted rates for closing services to the clients of any National Association of...
IMMIGRATION POST-CONVICTION RELIEFThere is a rather new legal “specialty” called crimmigration, where a person’s plea in even a municipal court “no biggie” case might get you deported. It has...
ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH BULLIES, BOTH KIDS AND ADULTSSpecial needs students and those perceived as in any way “different” are most likely to be bullied. I hope this entry might help grownups...
CAN YOU MISS WORK TO ATTEND YOUR CHILD’S IEP MEETING?As of August 9, 2019, the Department of Labor weighed in on this matter. The case that resolved this question began with two children who had serious health ...
MYTHS ABOUT LEARNING DISABILITIESBy Lynne D. Feldman, Esq. I taught in public school for over two decades. During that time, we teachers became more engrossed in dealing with special educati...
CRIMMIGRATI0N: What Is It? How Might It Impact Your Immigration Case?By Lynne D. Feldman, MA, JD I started out my legal career as a criminal defense attorney. I represented folks in municipal court for making too much noise at...
We’ve Moved. Can My Children Stay In Their Old School? This sounds like a simple question with a simple response, but as with all things legal, it can get quite complicated. What if parents divorce and the Parent...
WHAT ABOUT REPEATING KINDERGARTEN? “Redshirting” or “Repeat to Grow” By Lynne Feldman Both my daughter and grandson were born within weeks of our school district’s cutoff dates for kindergarte...
After the Diagnosis: What Should Parents Do to Help Their Children's Stresses? by Lynne Feldman You might have a child who requires some type of special approach to learning. In the “old days”, and by that I mean in the 1990s, we dispar...
WHAT ABOUT REPEATING KINDERGARTEN? "REDSHIRTING" or "REPEAT to GROW"?Both my daughter and grandson were born within weeks of our school district’s cutoff dates for kindergarten registration, so the issue of holding them back o...
IMPORTANT INFORMATION. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT RAIDSAs per various news outlets, ICE appears to be planning a large-scale enforcement operation starting this weekend. If you have a removal order or are a spons...
Carolina Curbelo got Pro Bono Award for Immigration Cases Immigration Attorney Carolina Curbelo, Esq., has been a valuable asset to Northeast New Jersey Legal Services’ Private Attorney Involvement (PAI) program sin...
New Review from Immigration Attorney Brian O'Neill Carolina Curbelo and I are both immigration lawyers. In addition to having her own practice, she is one of my "Of Counsel" attorneys, and we work together o...