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 and/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. If you’re seeking to change alimony payments, it will be up to you to c[ ... ]
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[ ... ]
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[ ... ]
Clients often come to me as a Bergen County Alimony Attorney, and want to know how long alimony lasts. New Jersey law mandates different kinds of[ ... ]
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[ ... ]
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[ ... ]
Alimony—no one seems happy about the prospect of having to pay. As such, spousal support can be one of the most contentious aspects of getting a divorce. One way to soften your perspective[ ... ]
New Jersey residents may have a right to some type of spousal support after a divorce. This could be granted in addition to child support, and it should be noted that both types of support are supposed to be used directly for the person for whom they are intended.[ ... ]
Getting a divorce is never easy. You have to think about how it will go: easy or hard. You can enter into divorce mediation if both of you agree and sign a contract[ ... ]
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[ ... ]