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The State of New Jersey has been discussing the issue of “Lifetime Alimony” lately. However, in this blog post, we are discussing “limited duration alimony” which most people think is for a term less than the length of a marriage…. Except in this case:

Asking your fiancé to sign a prenuptial agreement willundoubtedly place a damper on your relationship with your fiancé. In fact, it could jeopardize your upcoming nuptials. As a result, you have to ask yourself, is insisting that your finance’ enter into a prenuptial agreement worth the possibility of losing him or her? The answer lies in determining whether a prenuptial agreement will protect you in the event your marriage ends in divorce.

In May 2012, Patricia M. Barbarito, Esq, a matrimonial partner of Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick, and Gary R. Botwinick, Esq., partner and chair of the Estate Planning/Taxation Department of the firm presented a webinar with financial planner, Andrew S. Auchincloss of Alliance Bernstein. Below is a link to the presentation slide

On June 6, 2012, the Appellate Division issued a published opinion in S.K. v. J.H., a caseinvolving an appeal from the entry of a Final Restraining Order. In that case, the Appellate Division reversed the trial court’s entry of a Final Restraining Order against J.H., which stemmed from an assault that J.H. committed against S.K. while the pair were in Israel.