Partner Paul M. da Costa was recently selected to the New Jersey Law Journal’s 2016 New Leaders of the Bar. This prestigious honor reflects Paul’s legal accomplishments in the field of medical malpractice and...
Sarno da Costa D’Aniello Maceri Webb LLC wins another Appellate Division decision. Last month, the Appellate Division affirmed the trial court award of over 1.3 million to Plaintiff for palimony, enforcement of the...
Written Agreements Between Parties Must be Enforced
Apr 12, 2016
Relocation can be defined as a family, or someone, moving to a different place to live. When discussing relocation in divorce cases, it’s a difficult situation to handle. Two reasons for relocating could be new...
The new alimony statute regarding retirement states: “There shall be a rebuttable presumption that alimony shall terminate upon the obligor spouse or partner attaining full retirement age.” However,...
How Marriage Can Influence Your Blood Pressure
Mar 16, 2016
According to Time Magazine, marriage may impact the health of each spouse, negatively and/or positively. Married people are healthier and tend to live longer than single people. The reason for this is because...
Paul M. da Costa Secures $1 Million Settlement In Orthopedic Surgery Medical Malpractice Case
Mar 09, 2016
Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances. Sarno da Costa D’Aniello Maceri Webb LLC partner, Paul M. da Costa, and his client recently obtained a $1 million settlement in an orthopedic...
On January 19, 2016, Governor Christie signed S-1046/A-2721 into law. The effective date of the new law is February 1, 2017, and it applies to all NJ child support orders (i.e., child support orders issued prior to, on, or...
Emancipation of a Child and Child Support
Feb 23, 2016
Emancipation of a child terminates a parent’s child support obligation for that child. An emancipated child is one who has obtained an independent status of his or her own and has moved beyond the scope of the...
Harassment Can Lead to a Final Restraining Order
Feb 22, 2016
Domestic Violence is a serious issue that is prevalent in today’s society. Harassment is a type of domestic violence. Harassment is defined to include when a person, acting with the purpose to harass another,...
Alimony and child support duties can always be subject to review and modification if the spouse seeking the modification can show changed circumstances. The party seeking a decrease of his or her obligations must...
Mother Didn’t Pay Child Support to Father, So Equity Dictates She Can’t Receive Money In Return
Feb 02, 2016
In McDonough v. Rosario, a couple divorced in 2005 after a 13 year marriage. They had two children, both of whom lived with the mother at the time. When the mother remarried, the youngest child moved in with...
Mother Denies She Posed Harm To Her 4 Children
Feb 01, 2016
A trial court found that a mother had abused or neglected her four children. N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.21(c) defines an “abused or neglected child” as one who is below the age of 18 whose physical, mental and...
Parties who enter into an agreement regarding alimony or child support may seek judicial review or modification of such based upon a showing of “changed circumstances.” The party seeking to reduce an alimony or...
A woman filed for divorce in New Jersey in July of 2012. The trial court dismissed her complaint because she was not a bona fide residence of New Jersey for one year before she filed her complaint and alternatively...
Cohabitation and the New Alimony Statute
Jan 23, 2016
In 2014, the Legislature extensively revised the alimony statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:3-23. In pertinent part, the law now provides that “[a]limony may be suspended or terminated if the payee cohabits with another...
According to the Grandparent Visitation Statute, N.J.S.A. 9:2-7.1, a grandparent or sibling of a child may file an application to obtain visitation with the child and it is their burden to prove by a preponderance of the...
Just Because Son Doesn’t Talk to Dad, That Doesn’t Mean Dad is Off the Hook for College Expenses
Jan 06, 2016
An estranged parent is not necessarily exempt from contributing towards the costs of his or her child’s college education. In Laurel v. Dixon, the recently-estranged father of a 21-year-old college student wished...
Although Separated, a Couple Remained Legally Married Until Divorce, and the Husband Paid for It
Jan 05, 2016
Three kids and thirteen years later, a couple who got married in 1991 separated in 2004. However, the wife did not file her complaint for divorce until 2012, and the Manahan v. Manahan divorce was finalized in...
Dad Who Racked Up Child Support Over Payments Allowed to Pay Less Until His Credit is Depleted
Dec 31, 2015
Among many issues brought to the court’s attention after a couple’s 2008 divorce was the father’s child support obligation. But unlike many other former couples’ child support issues, this one in Mistretta...
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently upheld a trial judge’s decision in Watley v. Watley. A 50-year-old man married a 19-year-old woman in 1998 after meeting her in the Philippines. The man did not...
