Resources

In Mueller v. Mueller, a Family Part judge interpreted the term “prospective retirement” as it is used in the recently amended New Jersey alimony statute.  That law provides that a supporting spouse may seek to...

William Paterson University has been named a defendant in a wrongful death action brought by a mother who claims that the college mishandled her daughter’s rape complaint, which led to her suicide.  According to the...

In Mayer v. Mayer, the husband and wife married in 1986 and had two children together: a son born in June 1994 and a daughter born in April 1996.  The wife filed for divorce in 2006.  In 2006, the wife also...

N.J.S.A. 2A:17-56.23a provides that “[n]o payment or installment of an order for child support . . . shall be retroactively modified by the court except with respect to the period during which there is a pending application...

Rule 1:10-3 gives a court discretion to impose sanctions on a party who refuses to comply with a prior court order.  Moreover, Rule 5:3-7 authorizes economic sanctions for violating custody, parenting...