The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division answered this question on April 11, 2022 in Christine Ann Devers v. Jeffrey Eric Devers. The parties were divorced in May
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An issues that frequently arises is the treatment of an inheritance received by a spouse during the marriage. The basic rule is that any property received via gift or inheritance
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The issue of the division of deferred compensation in divorce – more particularly, unvested deferred compensation, is often one that is hotly disputed. This is in part because there is
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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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In the recent case O’Hara v. Estate of John B. O’Hara, Jr., the Appellate Division reminded us that even though the death of a party to a marriage ends
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As a lover of all things Coldplay, I was sad to hear that lead singer Chris Martin and his wife of more than 10 years, Gwyneth Paltrow, were divorcing. Gwyneth
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You’re at the Courthouse and your attorney has handed you for your final divorce documents. It may be as a result of a negotiated settlement, or it may be as
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A recent unpublished decision from the Appellate Division, McNamara v. McNamara, serves as a reminder that, when it comes to
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You’re wealthy and entitled to a big settlement but does that mean that it will be easy to get your share of equitable distribution? When all of the assets are
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We deal with a fair number of cases where a spouse’s interest in a business has to be valued for equitable distribution purposes. While there are many objective parts of
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