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 […]
Alimony
How Alimony is Determined in New Jersey and When it Can be Modified
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 […]