So you are in court or maybe on a conference with a judge and you make a factual statement about the other side. Maybe it is about some less than
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Have Judges Been Getting the Standard for Motions for Reconsideration Wrong All Along?
You see it all of the time. Someone file a motion with the court regarding discovery and/or asking for various pendente lite relief, like temporary support, temporary parenting time and
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How is Deferred Compensation that is Granted Pre-Complaint, but Vests Post-Complaint, Divided?
Last week, I blogged on the A.J.V. v. M.M.V. case, specifically, regarding the retroactive application of a savings component. As noted in the post, there was an interesting treatment of
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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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Remote Proceedings: Zooming Past Litigants’ Due Process Rights By: Arrianna T. Diamantis
In January 2020, the Appellate Division considered an important question: how should a judge assess a party’s request to appear at a trial and present testimony by way of video
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Is the Prenuptial Agreement Signed after the Wedding Really a Prenuptial Agreement?
I have seen this more than one time in my career. One party (or his/her family members) really wants there to be a prenuptial agreement but, either due to lack
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Can Judges Rely on Information that is Outside of the Record?
There used to be a family judge, who, with his law clerk, spent a lot of time on Google, looking up property records, Zillow “values” and other information regarding the
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If You Want to Move Your Case to a Faster Conclusion, Consider Mediation and Arbitration
A lot of people believe that COVID has caused divorce cases to drag and the legal system to be ground to a halt – or at least, to lag behind.
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Palimony Isn’t Alimony – Having a Long Term Relationship Alone Doesn’t Give You a Right to Support
Many people think that palimony is just alimony with a “P” and that the mere existence of a long term unmarried relationship, where the people live together, is enough to
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The New Years Resolution Divorce
For many divorce attorneys, the busy season starts after the first of the year. For the last several years, I have posted on the phenomenon of the New Year’s Resolution
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