Madonna and her ex-Husband Guy Ritchie have been fighting over Rocco, their 15 year old son who left Madonna’s tour in December 2015 to stay with his father. Since then, litigation as to the return of Rocco to Madonna in the U.S. has been conducted on both sides of the […]
The celebrity press has reported extensively on the breakup of Johnny Depp’s marriage to Amber Heard, based on her claims of alleged domestic violence. The California court appears to have treated Heard’s claims of domestic violence in parallel with New Jersey courts as if the alleged acts had occurred in […]
On February 22, 2016, New Jersey Appellate Division Judge Marie E. Lihotz decided the case of Landers v. Landers (available at: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/nj-superior-court-appellate-division/1726674.html). The decision in Landers marks the first “published” decision that addresses the September 2014 amendments to New Jersey’s alimony statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23. Although the Legislature made several amendments […]
Depending on various circumstances, if one spouse in a divorce action has an ownership interest in a business, that ownership interest can be deemed a marital asset subject to equitable distribution with the non-business owning spouse. Consequently, your wife may indeed have a “marital interest” in your business. In general […]