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…
The Appellate Division in the recently published case of Bermeo v. Bermeo, A-1312-17, addressed a post-judgment application by a supported spouse seeking to modify alimony based on her inability to maintain the marital lifestyle after entering into a marital Property Settlement Agreement and the lack of findings by the court…