The practice of family law is difficult. I have read that divorce ranks just below the death of a parent or child in terms of grief. The cases are often emotionally charged. This sometimes causes people to take bad positions, delay, or simply act badly. Sometimes lawyers create or exacerbate the difficulties too.
That said,
Appellate Division addressed standard for addressing the issue of modifying alimony based upon retirement in pre-2014 divorces – highlighting again the issue of whether the recipient did or could have saved for retirement
We have written a lot about termination of alimony based upon cohabitation, both before the 2014 Amendment to the alimony statute making it easier, and after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Cardali case.
Typically, whether the Court has to apply the old law for pre-2014 divorces or the not so new anymore law,
Under the New Jersey Court Rules, a trial judge presiding over a custody hearing is free to conduct an in-camera interview with the children whose custody is at issue, whether on the judge’s own accord or upon a party’s request. This authority to conduct interviews furthers a judge’s ability to evaluate the statutory custody factor
Very often, victims or purported victims of domestic violence hear about the concept of the cycle of domestic violence. Also, it is not uncommon for victims of domestic violence not to report acts of domestic violence once or many times for many reasons. Often, victims of domestic violence are nervous when they testify – they
In November of 2023, I did a post on this blog titled The Intersection of Family Law, Estate Law and Federal Law, regarding the reported Appellate Division case In the Matter of Michael D. Jones, Deceased.
That case dealt with certain Series EE savings bonds that were not listed in the parties’ divorce agreement
Prior acts which have been adjudicated not to be domestic violence cannot be raised in future domestic violence proceedings
A New Jersey Court can enjoin a party from pursuing a foreign law suit meant to frustrate a New Jersey decision
New Year’s resolution divorces are common
In high income cases, unlike alimony, which can be bigger numbers, child support is usually much less. Moreover, since even in high income/over guidelines cases, you have to start by looking at what the child support guidelines would be, as a base amount, and then go up based upon the children’s needs, will the litigation
