In a recent decision coming out of Ocean County, http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/trial_court_opinions/Kakstys-v-Stevens.pdf, Judge Lawrence Jones opined that the request for child support can be retroactive to the filing of the divorce complaint.  The question posed in the Ocean County divorce case was whether the court could set a child support obligation only as far back as the … More Child Support Can Be Retroactive To Filing of Complaint for Divorce

The person that told you that 13 was an unlucky number was wrong – because in the recent case of Gnall v. Gnall, the court said that in order to award someone permanent alimony, the court had to consider the 13 objective standards already defined by the legislature in N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23(b).  (And we are excluding … More JUST HOW DOES ONE GET PERMANENT ALIMONY IN NEW JERSEY?

Last week in New Jersey, the Senate voted in favor of bill S-1046.  This bill would terminate child support when the child or children reach 19 years of age.  Under the current law, a child is entitled to support from their parents until the child is emancipated.  The term emancipation is defined by court order, judgment or … More NJ BILL TO TERMINATE CHILD SUPPORT AT AGE 19 PASSES THE SENATE

Ashley Madison, an online website aimed at helping millions of married people cheat, has recently been hacked.  The hackers have threatened to release the personal information of millions of customers.   It has threatened to release names, addresses, profiles of secret sexual fantasies, sexual preferences and records of financial transactions if the website will not shut down.   If this data is … More ATTENTION CHEATING HUSBAND AND WIVES!!!!