New Jersey Divorce and Family Lawyer Blog
It is not uncommon for someone who is paying alimony to a former spouse to be concerned about or to find him or herself faced the scenario of paying alimony to a former spouse who becomes involved in a committed, romantic relationship with a paramour but is not remarried. The person paying alimony often suspects that the former spouse is choosing to not to remarry because the remarriage will result in a termination of alimony. The New Jersey Supreme Court has held that such “cohabitation” is a change in circumstance that can trigger the court revisiting the issue of alimony. Gayet v. Gayet, 92 N.J. 149, 154-55 (1983). Continue reading ›