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 spousal property agreements. State laws govern the issuance of domestic relations orders. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act applies to qualified domestic relation orders or QDROs. Qualified domestic relation orders
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Alimony
New Jersey Divorce Reform Ends Life-Long Alimony
Back in the days when dual-income households were few and far between, continued financial support was vital support for non-working spouses at the end of a marriage. One spouse, almost always the wife, often did not have the education or skills to become self-sufficient following a Hackensack divorce. Courts awarded alimony to balance the former spouses’
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QDRO as a support enforcement tool?
Taking time to negotiate and draft the terms in a divorce settlement is time well spent, because those terms are very important once the divorce has been finalized. These terms will determine the property that each spouse gets, the alimony payment that will help them through the new transition, the schedule for when they will
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New Jersey Assembly passes bill to create alimony reform group
At any given day, there are several topics that are on the table for debate. In the area of family law, and especially in New Jersey, the topic of alimony reform has remained front and center for some time now. As with any public issue, there are proponents and opponents in the debate. For proponents
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