New Jersey Family Law

SHORT HILLS MONTCLAIR CALDWELL MAPLEWOOD ESSEX COUNTY NJ DIVORCE IMPUTED INCOME MEDIATION ATTORNEY

The New Jersey divorce judge imputed $30,000 of annual income to the defendant husband, an attorney, instead of the $50,000 argued by his wife, based on the average earnings for lawyers, as reported by the New Jersey Department of Labor.        Santiago v. Concepcion, New Jersey App. Div., February 28, 2013

HOBOKEN JERSEY CITY SECAUCUS BAYONNE HUDSON COUNTY NJ DIVORCE MEDIATOR ARBITRATOR ATTORNEY

For New Jersey child support purposes, it was correct to impute $65,000 per year of income to the wife, a nurse. On the other hand, it was error to impute $35,000 per year of income to the husband, a painter.       Toth v. Janssen, New Jersey App. Div., September 20, 2012

JERSEY CITY NEW JERSEY HUDSON COUNTY DIVORCE MEDIATION CHILD SUPPORT

There was no reason to modify the parties’ negotiated and agreed upon common $97,000 annual earnings imputation. The mother failed to present sufficient grounds to set aside that figure : she did not allege she was defrauded by any misrepresentation of her former spouse. Any mistakes about the financial and tax consequences of her agreement to buy out the interest in the marital home were unilateral. There is no reason to depart from applying the average historical rate on A-rated long-term corporate bonds to impute her income.    Orihuela v. Orihuela, New Jersey App. Div., December 17, 2007