As a divorce lawyer, I follow with interest the high profile divorces when they are in the news. There were actually three in yesterday and today’s papers, John & Kate, Christie Brinkley and Peter Cooke and Stephanie Seymour. If the news accounts of the allegations are correct, then the news of the last few days included one… Continue Reading
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FINDING CASH POST-DIVORCE IN A BAD ECONOMY
Posted in Equitable Distribution, Practice IssuesIt would be an understatement to say that these are trying financial times. Real estate values are done, retirement assets are down, stock accounts are down, many people have lost jobs and many other feel lucky to still have their job, albeit earning less than they once did. In the past, the proceeds of the… Continue Reading
15 YEAR MARRIAGE NETS PERMANENT & REHABILITATION ALIMONY – BUT REMAND ON IMPUTATION OF INCOME TO WIFE
Posted in AlimonyIn an interesting unreported decision released on August 3, 2009 entitled Mathias v. Mathias, a wife was granted both permanent and rehabilitation alimony after a 15 year marriage. In this case, the husband was a state trooper. The wife had cared for the children, by agreement, though she had worked on and off as a… Continue Reading
APPELLATE DIVISION AFFIRMS WHAT IT DEEMED WAS TRIAL COURT MODIFICATION OF A PARTIES’ CUSTODY AGREEMENT AS TO DECISION MAKING
Posted in Custody, ModificationLast week we blogged about a recent unreported Appellate Division case where I was the attorney for the winning party at trial and on appeal. To view the prior post, click here - to view the Appellate Division opinion, click here. In last week’s post, I blogged about the importance of credibility. There were other interesting parts… Continue Reading
POSSIBLE PARENTAL ALIENATION GIVEN SHORT SHRIFT BY APPELLATE DIVISION
Posted in CustodyWe have previously blogged on the issue of whether a separate tort cause of action exists for parental alienation. At present there are at least two cases in the Appellate Division addressing this issue. In at least one of the cases, there is the direction that parental alienation should be dealt with in the family… Continue Reading
LOSS OF JOB – ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER DECISION
Posted in Alimony, ModificationIn an interesting unreported Appellate Division decision released on May 20, 2009, in the case of Williams v. Williams the appellate court affirmed a finding by the trial court that the former husband had not shown a change of circumstances and therefore was not entitled to eliminate his alimony obligation. The case is also a… Continue Reading
READ MARK ASHTON’S EXCELLENT POST ENTITLED “SIZING UP THE LITIGATION: AN EXAMINATION OF COST VS. BENEFIT”
Posted in Practice IssuesMark Ashton, a partner in our Exton, Pennsylvania office, and the editor of the firm’s Pennsylvania Family Law blog, wrote an excellent post on that blog entitled, "Sizing Up the Litigation: An Examination of Cost vs. Benefit. To read the post, click here. The point of the post is that a litigant should choose their battles wisely, recognizing the… Continue Reading
READ MARK ASHTON’S INTERESTING POST ENTITLED “MEDIATE, ARBITRATE, NEGOTIATE: WHAT’S A CLIENT TO DO?”
Posted in Practice IssuesMark Ashton, a partner in our Exton, Pennsylvania office, and the editor of the firm’s Pennsylvania Family Law blog, wrote an interesting post on that blog entitled Mediate, Arbitrate, Negotiate: What’s a Client to Do?" To read the post, click here. Mark’s blog entry goes through the options of alternate dispute resolution. Like Pennsylvania, in New… Continue Reading
READ MARK ASHTON’S EXCELLENT NEW BLOG ENTRY ENTITLED “STOCK OPTION DEVELOPMENTS”
Posted in Alimony, Child Support, Equitable Distribution, Practice IssuesMark Ashton, a partner in our Exton, Pennsylvania office, and the editor of the firm’s Pennsylvania Family Law blog, wrote an excellent post on that blog entitled "Stock Option Developments." To read the post, click here. Stock options have become a large part of executive compensation over the last few decades. Moreover, they have become common additional/incentive compensation even… Continue Reading
IT’S A DOGS LIFE – THE APPELLATE DIVISION ISSUES REPORTED DECISION ON POSSESSION OF A DOG
Posted in Cohabitants' Rights, Practice IssuesOn March 10, 2009, the Appellate Division issued a precedential (reported) decision on the issue of the possession of a dog in the case of Houseman v. Dare. To see the full text of the case, click here. The parties were together for 13 years. In 1999 they purchased a house together. In 2000, they got… Continue Reading
MADOFF MESS HITS DIVORCE COURT
Posted in Equitable DistributionAll over the papers this week is the story of post-judgment litigation in New York. In this case, in June 2006, the parties agreed to evenly split the $5.4 million in an account they had with Madoff Securities. As a result, the husband gave the wife $2.7 million in cash, and retained the account. As a result… Continue Reading
SCARY APPELLATE DECISION REGARDING PERMANENT ALIMONY/RETIREMENT
Posted in Alimony, Modification, Practice IssuesI was reading an unreported Appellate Division case released today and gasped when I read the following sentence, " …Moreover, the permanent alimony figure was negotiated and presumably contemplated defendant’s retirement since he was fifty-three years old when he appeared before Judge Piscal on September 19, 2000." To read the full case, click here. While the facts… Continue Reading