ALPINE DIVORCE ATTORNEY

The New Jersey divorce judgment provided that the ex-husband's savings plan be subject to equitable distribution, despite a provision in the parties' New Jersey prenuptial agreement to the contrary. The New Jersey divorce judge found that increased contributions to the savings plan during the marriage were not foreseeable at the time the prenup agreement was signed, thereby rendering the section at issue unenforceable. The judge also justifiably ordered the ex-husband to pay plaintiff rehabilitative alimony for three years while she completed her college degree, which would allow her to earn the income necessary to maintain the marital lifestyle.  Pattison v. Pattison, Jr., New Jersey App. Div., April 6, 2007