TestOn April 14, 2012 I wrote a post regarding if, and when, marital fault matters in a divorce. My post followed up on an article written by my colleague, Jhanice Domingo on April 5, 2012 for the Patch Newspapers.
On August 1, 2012, in State v. Duprey, the Appellate Division altered the landscape of domestic violence hearings in New Jersey and their parallel criminal cases. Prior to Duprey, the law in New Jersey had been that “testimony given by the plaintiff or defendant in the domestic violence matter shall not be used in the simultaneous or subsequent criminal proceeding against the defendant.” N.J.S.A. 2C:25-29(a).
The New Jersey Appellate Court in a case called Jacoby v. Jacoby, ruled that a child’s attendance at college – including “living” at college – is a change in circumstance which should lead to a review of the amount of child support being paid.
The State of New Jersey has been discussing the issue of “Lifetime Alimony” lately. However, in this blog post, we are discussing “limited duration alimony” which most people think is for a term less than the length of a marriage…. Except in this case: