While we await guidance from the Appellate Division on how to interpret that portion of the amended alimony statute’s cohabitation provision, N.J.S.A. 2A:32-23n, indicating that alimony may be “suspended or
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Appellate Division Confirms that Alimony Cannot be Judicially Determined with a Formula
One of the most common questions posed by clients is – how is alimony determined? Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to that question, and it is often dependent upon
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Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Takeaways for the 2017 Holiday Season
With Chanukkah almost behind us and Christmas rapidly approaching, the time for being jolly is unfortunately also a peak time for parental conflict in divorcing and divorced families. What one
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Mediate, Alleviate, Try Not to Hate…Lessons Learned from 80s Icons
Ah, the 80s and MTV when bands still made music videos and we still cared to watch them. Many of you may remember the video for the INXS song “Mediate”
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Settling Your Case Comes With Great Power and Great Responsibility
Amicably settling your divorce matter is almost always better than taking your chances at a trial before a trial judge who knows almost nothing about your life. Not only can
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Supreme Court of New Jersey Departs from Standard Utilized in Relocation Cases
In what seemed like an eventual, but no less dramatic change in family law jurisprudence, the Supreme Court of New Jersey in Bisbing v. Bisbing overturned the well-established two-part test
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Supreme Court of New Jersey Addresses Equitable Claims and Remedies (while reinforcing a potential palimony loophole through the proverbial “black hole”)
What rights do people have to an equitable distribution of assets stemming from a period prior to the marriage itself? If there is no right to equitable distribution under those
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A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT RETAINING YOUR DIVORCE LAWYER
As a matrimonial litigant, you never want to feel that your lawyer does not know how best to take you through the divorce or post-divorce process. After spending substantial sums
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Appellate Division Weighs In On Savings as a Component of an Initial Alimony Award
Every family uses its money in different ways. Some families spend every cent they have on everything imaginable, others save every last possible cent for the proverbial “rainy day”, and
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All Apologies and the Distribution of a Famous Guitar
Perhaps Kurt Cobain knew when writing the song “All Apologies” that one day his daughter would be embroiled in a nasty divorce battle. While the lyrics, “Married, Buried, Married, Buried”,
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