Mark Goldstein, Esq. and the four other highly experienced family law attorneys at Goldstein Law Group appear regularly before the family court judges in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, and Ocean County. We see the good and the bad! Some good decisions by our judges, some not so good…
My spouse and I were divorced several years ago. How can I get the court to reduce the amount of permanent alimony that I am required to pay? You can file a motion for modification of your alimony obligation based upon “changed circumstances”. You will need to show that the…
Do I have to pay income tax on my spousal support payments? In New Jersey and elsewhere, alimony is the transfer of money to a former or soon to be former spouse for his or her support and maintenance. This transfer typically results in a reduction in the taxable income…
Will my spouse be entitled to permanent alimony if we divorce after 15 years of marriage? Since September 2014, the term “permanent alimony” became a thing of the past. Now, in New Jersey, it has been replaced with the phrase “open durational alimony.” Currently, a family court must first determine…
I lost my job. Can I stop paying alimony to my ex? Since September 10, 2014, New Jersey residents whose marriage lasted less than 20 years typically may not be required to pay alimony for a period that is longer than the length of the marriage, absent specifically enumerated special…
I am about to retire. Can I stop making alimony payments to my former spouse based on New Jersey’s 2014 alimony reform law? Since the Alimony Reform Act of 2014 was signed into law last September, New Jersey residents whose marriage lasted fewer than 20 years generally may not be…
In our firm’s family law practice and when we serve as Early Settlement Panelists to mediate divorce cases for the Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Part, Chancery Division, perhaps the most common issue in the overwhelming majority of divorce cases involves the issue of ……. alimony! When clients meet…
Many divorce litigants, after they endure an emotional, and many times costly divorce process, later suffer some economic change – a hardship that did not exist when their divorce was finalized, and find that the support award you are paying, or the support you are receiving, is proving to be…
In an Appellate Division case, a couple divorced in 2012 after 29 years of marriage. At the time, both spouses were in their late forties and their two children were grown and emancipated. Because the former spouses disagreed about the appropriate amount and duration of alimony, they chose to engage…
In New Jersey, an alimony or child support order may be modified based on permanently changed circumstances. When the facts are disputed by the former spouses, a court may choose to order a plenary, or evidentiary, hearing. In Galante v. Galante, a married couple with three children divorced in 2011.…