One of the more difficult scenarios to deal with during a divorce is when the higher earner who will likely have to pay alimony and child support, loses her/his job
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Marital Lifestyle is the Standard for Pendente Lite Alimony Too
Under the guise of the concept that “it costs more to live in two houses than it does one” or “when parties are living separate, they both can’t continue to
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You May Not Get to Reduce Your Alimony if Your Voluntary Sale of Your Business Reduces Your Income
More and more, we have seen medical practices bought up by hospitals, large medical groups and venture capitalists who combine the practices into mega-practices or networks. In those cases, often
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COUNSEL FEE AWARDS FOR CHILD-RELATED LITIGATION CAN BE QUALIFIED AS SUPPORT TO RESTRAIN THE OBLIGOR DISCHARGING THE OBLIGATION IN BANKRUPTCY – BISBING II
We previously blogged about the Bisbing matter with respect to the precedent-setting decision that modified the standard for a custodial parent seeking to relocate with the minor children outside of
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Appellate Division Defines the Elements a Movant Must Present in Order to Demonstrate a Prima Facie Case of Cohabitation
Six years, nine months and 7 days following the enactment of New Jersey’s amended alimony statute’s cohabitation provision on September 10, 2014 (N.J.S.A. 2A:32-23n) the New Jersey Appellate Division provided
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Can a Judge Add a Savings Component to Alimony and Apply it Retroactively to the Beginning of the Case? Does a Frugal Lifestyle Even Matter?
While the issue of savings being a component of alimony has been around for decades, since the Lombardi case in 2016 (which we previously blogged about), the issue of
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I’m Not a Cat, But Can I Get Divorced Over Zoom Anyway?
One thing this pandemic has taught me about my fellow lawyers: we are adaptable.
Just take the lawyer trapped in a cat filter as an example. Despite his adorable faux
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Mistakes Happen: How the Law Treats Mistakes in Marital Settlement Agreements
We made too many wrong mistakes. –Yogi Berra
What happens when you make a mistake? You correct it and move on.
What happens when you make
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Income for Support Purposes Includes Bonuses and Deferred Compensation – Well No Kidding
We see it all of the time. The support (alimony and child support) obligor’s income is made up of multiple components – typically salary, bonus and/or deferred compensation. In cases
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Alimony Formulas: Yet Another Cautionary Tale
Over the years, I have blogged about alimony formulas, “rules of thumb” and similar ways that alimony is settled. I say settled, because in most instances, courts are not allowed
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