HOBOKEN NEW JERSEY HUDSON COUNTY DIVORCE ALIMONY LAWYER

The New Jersey divorce judge conducted a 4 day bench trial and concluded the wife was entitled to permanent alimony. He weighed the length of the marriage, the income disparity and economic needs of the parties, their future income earning abilities, the disproportionate division of assets equitably distributed and the function of permanent alimony to provide for lost earning capacity experienced during the marriage when employment was limited, as here, due to the demands of raising a family. The judge did not err not more heavily weighing the parties' emotional estrangement, which existed while they resided together, independently providing for the needs of the children. The quality of the marital relationship is not dispositive when determining an alimony award.    Sexton v. Sexton, New Jersey App. Div., October 22, 2007