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Times, they are changing in New Jersey. Like many other states, there was a recent push in NJ to do away with permanent alimony or life time alimony meaning that based on your years married the moneyed spouse would have to support the unmoneyed spouse for a lifetime. However, with a unanimous vote today by the State Judiciary Committee permanent alimony is one step closer to being abolished. With the new potential law, marriages lasting less than 20 years could not have alimo

One of the most celebrated woman this year was not an actress, supermodel or politician. Instead this woman is elderly and a simple former computer programmer. She wanted what many Americans have... the right to marry and be acknowledged as the spouse of the one she loved. For over 40 years Edith Windsor was engaged to her love and even married in Canada. When her wife dies she did receive the benefits other spouses would receive. Despite her ill health and age she decided to

There is very little written on mediation for premarital or post marital agreements, perhaps because mediation has only recently become popular in family law matters. When viewing what a couple is trying to achieve with both of the agreements and the mindset most couples have (especially before entering into a marriage) mediation may be the perfect tool. What is mediation? Mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution used to avoid courtroom litigation. It is informal

It could be getting easier to get divorce in England and Wales then ever before. One high power family law judge is pushing reform where a marries couple that does not dispute a divorce and does not have children may not need to go to court at all. Instead, they would be able to after a sufficent amount of time seperated get a decree of divorce. While some agrue this will disgard the "serious" view of marriage that should be taken, others believe that with the reality of divo

It has all the makings of a Lifetime Movie: an extravagant ceremony, a fake wedding, and years of deceit. Unfortunately, for one woman this movie is reality. She was tricked into a fake marriage, deceived by a man, and conned into paying for half of their multiple million-dollar apartment. Despite the years of work she has put into making "their" house a home because her name was not on the deed and there was no marriage, her battle may be a long one http://nypost.com/2014/06

Difficult enough to go through a divorce, but add to that being a celebrity AND your spouse writes for the Huffington Post it can be a really sticky situation. Josh Lucas takes it in stride, he knows when it comes down to brass tax the most important thing is the well being of his young child. As for his ex wife, he understands she is doing what she does blogging about her life, and for now her divorce. Despite Josh being all right with the situation, he admits his mother is

Hidden assets, over turned prenups, and contempt of court are issues that can come up in divorces. While it may be at a larger scale the rich and famous also face these difficulties in divorce. The more people are forthcoming and try to work together, the better of they are in the end. Here are examples of some high networth divorces from across the pond. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/10871836/Money-lessons-from-divorces-of-the-rich-and-famou

Photographs represent a time and place. They can conjure up feelings, bot happy and sad. What happens to the "happy couple" pictures when the couple is no longer happy or a couple. This is a challenge for children of divorce knowing what to do with family photos after the divorce. It can also be a challenge for parents of children that have gone through a divorce. Do you still put the wedding photos up on the mantel? There is no easy answer to this but as long as lines of com