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Paying Spousal Support after Retirement in New Jersey – Healing v. Healing
New Jersey law generally presumes that spousal support or alimony payments should be terminated when the person making the payments retires. This general presumption is rebuttable, however. As the state’s Superior Court recently explained, courts will not use the presumption to undo or modify an agreement between former spouses about how they will handle alimony. Read More
Read MoreImpact of Retirement on Alimony
One of the many questions that often come up in spousal support or alimony cases is whether the support payments continue after the ex-spouse making those payments retires. Alimony may be terminated or modified upon the prospective or actual retirement of the obligor. An Act concerning alimony was passed in 2014 which applies to divorce Read More
Read MoreWant to Get Away? Why You Should Think About Child Custody Before You Move out of Town – Dwyer v. Dwyer
Child custody and support matters involve complicated legal issues that require the counsel of an experienced attorney. There are specific types of custody which have legal significance affecting each parents’ rights, responsibilities and the status of the children. In any proceeding involving the custody of a minor child, the rights of both parents are equal. Read More
Read MoreCohabitation Issues in New Jersey Divorce Cases: Robitzski v. Robitzski
Former spouses eventually move on with their lives after a divorce, including by starting new relationships. Those relationships can raise some tricky legal issues in cases in which one former spouse is paying the other alimony. New Jersey law allows a court to terminate or suspend alimony payments when a spouse receiving those payments “cohabitates” with Read More
Read MoreHow New Jersey Courts Decide Relocation Requests – Bisbing v. Bisbing
A number of tricky legal questions can come up when a couple with kids decides to divorce. These include how to handle a situation in which the parents split custody and one decides that he or she wants to move out of state. New Jersey’s Superior Court recently gave us a quick glimpse at how judges Read More
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