Losing It All

This case shows that New Jersey courts can be gender neutral in applying New Jersey divorce law. The wife lost and the husband won just about every issue. These included imputing income to the wife, an attorney in private practice; awarding alimony to the husband, also an attorney; awarding him 50% of her law practice as equitable distribution; including the children’s expenses in determining the husband’s needs; requiring her to pay child support and all of the 4 children’s private school expenses; ordering her to pay a portion of his counsel fees; and granting a "no fault" divorce, not one based on extreme cruelty. Licata v. Licata, New Jersey App. Div. February 8, 2005