Articles Tagged with marital lifestyle

What is the Impact of a Couple Living Beyond Their Means During the Marriage Upon an Alimony Award?

August 9, 2016 | The Law Office of James P. Yudes, P.C.

It is a well settled proposition in New Jersey that the “goal of a proper alimony award is to assist the supported spouse in achieving a lifestyle that is reasonably comparable to the one enjoyed

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while living with the supporting spouse during the marriage.” Weishaus v. Weishaus, 180 N.J. 131, 140, 849 A.2d 171, 177 (2004); see also Lepis v. Lepis, 83 N.J. 139 (1980); Crews v. Crews, 164 N.J. 11 (2000).