When a client retains an attorney to represent him or her in a divorce or other family law dispute, usually the goal is to try and settle the matter. Trying a case is viewed as a last resort when all efforts to reach an amicable resolution have failed. From the…
In modern society, it is common for unmarried couples to live together without being married. When an unmarried cohabiting couple separates, however, the rights to equitable distribution and alimony does not exist. No matter how long an unmarried couple has lived together, they do not have the legal rights and…
Only several months ago I wrote a blog discussing the then state-of-the-law in New Jersey in regards to palimony and the ability of unmarried cohabitants to enforce unwritten promises of support. I noted that the recent Appellate Division case of Maeker v. Ross, 430 N.J. Super 79 (App. Div. 2013),…