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Ozzie and Harriet would faint dead away at the living arrangements practiced by both young and old in this new century. But for divorce attorneys, the question often becomes whether a client's pairing with another individual has crossed the line into "cohabitation," jeopardizing hard-won alimony. Last week, one state high court ruled that a retiree could lose her alimony, notwithstanding that fact that she and her boyfriend maintain separate residences and independent lives.
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RAHWAY, N.J., Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- How did your divorce go? Spouse get everything? House? Car? Way more than half your money, the retirement funds, the kid's college fund? And does your ex get alimony - for the rest of his or her life? How absurd is that? Even bank robbers get out after a few years. It's New Jersey's "Alimony Life Sentence." Divorce never ever ends in New Jersey. The state's seriously out-of-date 1950s-era alimony laws were written when virtually all women were stay-at-home mothers, and there were no jobs for women. Men were the family breadwinners.
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About 12,000 couples divorce each year in West Virginia, but there's little if any way for couples to know how much alimony they can expect to receive or pay. That may soon change.
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Dear Abby: My parents divorced 20 years ago. The court approved a mutual agreement that Dad would pay monthly alimony until Mom remarried or one of them died. He has never missed a payment. I have recently discovered that Mom secretly married her live-in boyfriend 11 years ago, but has continued receiving the alimony without telling my father. Is she committing a crime for which she could be arrested? And is her husband guilty of any wrongdoing? I am extremely upset over this and want to do something to correct this injustice. It isn't fair. What can I do? -- Furious in the Pacific Northwest
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Event to be Held June 9th at Rutgers University PISCATAWAY, N.J., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New Jersey Alimony Reform, a grassroots association advocating for changes to alimony laws, is holding a first of its kind conference on June 9th entitled "." The event brings together activists from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, and New Jersey to discuss the changing views about permanent alimony in today's society and the role of concerned citizens in shaping public policy.
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When St. Louis attorney Paul Passanante split from his law partner in late 2008, he said he might make less money with his personal injury and wrongful death focus, but his new law firm would be "lean, mean and focused on quality legal representation. He got right the part about making less money, but "lean" wasn't exactly in the equation, according to an appeals court opinion issued last week in a case over alimony for Passanante's ex-wife.
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Family law practitioners across the country could be facing some big changes in 2010, as a number of states are considering changes to alimony laws. Spousal support became a hot issue as the economy went south, with a rise in the number of parties seeking modifications in alimony payments.
