Divorce among those over 50 is the fastest growing sector of people who seek to separate. This trend has been termed the “gray divorce.” Divorce among this older group is often triggered by a different set of motivations than those of the younger set. Most often, children have grown and moved out, careers are leading […]

Before NJ 2A:34-23 was amended in 2014, permanent alimony often meant alimony until somebody died or the recipient spouse remarried. Retirement is a change that warrants a review of alimony, but not necessarily modification.   The outcome was often that people, even in retirement, continued to pay alimony literally until they died. The alimony law was […]

The factors used in determining the amount of alimony is to be paid are specifically set out in NJSA 2A:34-23. There is a rebuttable presumption that applies to people who entered agreements after 2014, which also considers the ages of the parties at the time of retirement, and at the time of their entry into […]