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Alimony
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NJ Family Legal Blog
Painting a Grim Financial Picture…Is It Enough To Obtain a Decrease Or Termination Of Support?
New Jersey has upheld the long standing principle that permanent alimony awards are subject to review, modification and possibly termination based upon changed circumstances. (Lepis v. Lepis, 83 N.J. 139…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Update: Tax Time and Divorce
By Family Law
Tax day is around the corner and you and your students may be turning your syllabus to tax issues upon divorce. One often-litigated issue is the tax treatment of alimony payments. The…
New Jersey Law Blog
Cohabitation As Changed Circumstances For Modification Of Alimony
Cohabitation by the supported spouse is often raised as a reason to terminate alimony by the paying spouse. Several decisions have been written by the Appellate Division in the past…
Pennsylvania Family Law
A TEST OF CHARACTER AND A SAVINGS IN COST
The purpose of a blog is not to recount war stories. But war stories can be illustrative. We represent a client whose wife is a homemaker. She has the skill…
New Jersey Law Blog
Limited Duration Alimony Versus Permanent Alimony
In divorce cases where alimony is an issue, it is not merely an issue of amount. The length of time must also be decided. Prior to 1999, there were only…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Are They Living Together or Not?
On February 3, 2009, my colleague, Katherine R. Sookhoo, an associate in or Philadelphia office, wrote a very interesting article on cohabitation in our Pennsylvania Family Blog entitled For Love or Money. I found the…
New Jersey Law Blog
Limited Duration Alimony
By John S. Eory
On January 27, 2009, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued an Opinion in the case of Valente v. Valente which shed light on whether alimony should be permanent or of…
Pennsylvania Family Law
FOR LOVE OR MONEY
As practitioners we advise clients that if they cohabit after they have been divorced they will most likely not receive alimony. 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3706 provides that, “no Petitioner is entitled to…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Appellate Division Reverses Award of Permanent Alimony Granted in an 11 Year 9 Month Marriage
In an interesting unreported decision in the matter of Valente v. Valente, on January 27, 2009, the Appellate Division reversed the award of permanent alimony to the wife after an…
Pennsylvania Family Law
“I WANT YOU TO SHOW HOW AWFUL SHE IS”
Divorce lies at the confluence of Character and Money; two streets that don’t intersect snugly. Time and again, as lawyers we are asked to “expose” the character of the other spouse…