Category: Divorce

Each party in a divorce is required to file a Case Information Statement (CIS). The CIS is the baseline financial document which breaks down each party’s income, itemizes each party’s expenses and sets forth a balance sheet of marital assets and liabilities.

Marrone v. Toth – Custody determined based on the unfortunate and contentious history of problems between the parties; interference with the plaintiff’s visitation rights; and the history of the child’s academic and behavioral problems while under defendant’s care.

Galtieri v. Kane – Court of Appeals ruled that it was not an abuse of discretion for the Family Part judge to direct monthly alimony payable to the defendant to be paid directly from the bankrupt plaintiff’s New York City Police Disability Pension and Social Security Disability Pension.

I/M/O Tucci v. N.J. Dept. of Human Servics – The court held that if the appellant feels he is entitled to relief from his child support obligation because a different agreement was reached or, as he states, another man who is the father of his ex-wife’s second and third child has agreed to take over as the supporting parent, he must file a motion in the Family Part where those issues can be properly adjudicated.