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Palimony
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New Jersey Law Blog
Palimony in Writing Bill Passed By New Jersey Senate Committee
Palimony cases have provided attorneys and judges with vexing factual and legal issues, largely as the result of competing versions of what was intended by the parties. Was there a…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Palimony: The Court and Legislature Weigh In
The law surrounding palimony has been fluid in the last several months as the New Jersey Courts have refined litigants rights after the break up of relationships in which…
ContractsProf Blog
Marvin v. Marvin Updated: The Tim Burton Case
Since we have just posted a Limerick commemorating the most celebrated of palimony cases, Marvin v. Marvin, it is worthy of note that, as MSNBC reports, Los Angeles Superior Court…
New Jersey Law Blog
Proving Your Claim For Palimony
Palimony is a claim for support between unmarried persons first recognized in California in 1976 in the case of Marvin v. Marvin. New Jersey Courts will recognize a claim for…
New Jersey Law Blog
New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Cohabitation Not Indispensable to “Palimony” Claim
By John S. Eory
In a significant opinion issued on June 17, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that cohabitation is not an absolute requirement for a successful "palimony" claim but is only…
NJ Family Legal Blog
THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT COHABITATION IS NOT AN ESSENTIAL PART OF A PALIMONY CLAIM
THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT COHABITATION IS NOT AN ESSENTIAL PART OF A PALIMONY CLAIM
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Damages in Palimony Actions
By Family Law
The New Jersey Court of Appeals details a "classic palimony" case this week -- a thirty-year relationship between Rosemary Connell and Edward Diehl. Diehl had told Connell that they did…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: New Jersey Court Rejects Mistress Palimony Claim
By Family Law
A New Jersey appeals court ruled Thursday that a woman who bore two sons to a multi-millionaire does not have a palimony claim to his estate beyond a $100,000 bequest.…
New Jersey Family Law
NEW JERSEY PALIMONY
Plaintiff failed to establish cohabitation to support her palimony claim where, during a 10-year relationship, the decedent chose to live alone in several residences while the plaintiff and the child…
New Jersey Law Blog
Palimony – Is it Better to Live Together?
In a recent case, the Court held that "cohabitation" was an essential element of a palimony claim and denied the plaintiff's claim for palimony because the parties had not lived…