Category: Alimony
CAN ALIMONY BE HIGHER IF YOUR SPOUSE IS NOT WORKING IN NEW JERSEY?
- July 28, 2025
- Alimony
If your spouse is not working, it does not necessarily mean you will have to pay more in alimony in New Jersey to offset their lack of income. Instead, the court will consider the reason why your spouse is not working, along with various other factors, to arrive at the overall alimony determination. Then the judge will make the final alimony decision based upon the total circumstances. GET LEGAL HELP WHEN YOU EXPECT TO PAY ALIMONY AND YOUR SPOUSE IS NOT WO[ ... ]
WHAT CAUSES ALIMONY PAYMENTS TO CHANGE?
- July 21, 2025
- Alimony
The amount you are paying or receiving in alimony may not be carved in stone. When circumstances change for people as time goes on, so can the amount of alimony payments. Depending on your situation or that of your former spouse, you may be able to have alimony payments reduced, or even be allowed to stop making payments altogether. In some situations, alimony payments may increase. Getting a [ ... ]
How Long Do I Have to Pay Alimony in New Jersey?
- July 16, 2025
- Alimony New Jersey Family Law Blog
Divorce is not just an emotionally trying process; it also involves significant financial stress. And for men who have been ordered to pay alimony, that financial stress often continues long after the divorce has been finalized. Family courts generally aim to remain impartial, but as you may already have discovered, some men are ordered to pay unreasonable amounts of alimony or to keep paying alimony for many years. Fortunately, there’s an end in sight. In most cas[ ... ]
HOW IS SPOUSAL SUPPORT CALCULATED IN NEW JERSEY?
- July 15, 2025
- Alimony Divorce New Jersey Family Law Blog
Spousal support, or alimony, is not a given in divorce in New Jersey. The spouse requesting it must make their case as to why they need financial help after divorce. The higher earning spouse will typically be the person who will pay it. If you do expect to pay or receive spousal support, you probably want to know how payment amounts are calculated. There is no magic formula in the state[ ... ]
Custody Rights, Retirement Plans and Alimony Obligations: Job-Related Considerations for Divorcing Men
- July 19, 2019
- Alimony Child Custody New Jersey Family Law Blog
The divorce process involves a variety of legal issues with practical implications. From child support to alimony, and from protecting your retirement plan to protecting the right to spend tim[ ... ]
What Do Divorcing Men Need to Know about Alimony?
- March 6, 2019
- Alimony New Jersey Family Law Blog
If you are preparing to go through a divorce in New Jersey, you need to prepare for the possibility of paying alimony. New Jersey law allows for both short-term and long-term alimony awards; and, while both spouses are on a level playing field when it comes to alimony in Ne[ ... ]
Do I Need to Pay Alimony After Retirement?
- November 21, 2016
- Alimony Divorce New Jersey Family Law Blog
As an experienced New Jersey Alimony Attorney, clients like to ask me that if and when they retire whether they have to continue to pay alimony. The answer is it depends. The existence of your retirement, assuming it's a legitimate full-age retirement according to Social Security age, ther[ ... ]
Bergen County Divorce Attorney Explains How to Determine Alimony
- July 11, 2016
- Alimony Divorce New Jersey Family Law Blog
As an experienced Bergen County Divorce Attorney, many clients want to know how much they are going to have to pay or how much they'll receive in alimony. In order to determi[ ... ]
High-profile case helps to clarify New Jersey alimony laws
- August 13, 2015
- Alimony Divorce New Jersey Family Law Blog
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ordered a trial court to rethink a case that limited support the ex-wife of a prominent Deutsche Bank executive received. Elizabeth and James Gnall, the bank's chief financial officer, were married 15 years before a 2008 divorce. A trial[ ... ]
What are qualified domestic relations orders?
- February 27, 2015
- Alimony Child Support Family Law New Jersey Family Law Blog
Court orders and judgments define how spouses' property and post-marital support are handled. New Jersey domestic relations orders formalize alimony and child support payments and[ ... ]
