by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 9, 2017 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
I earlier wrote about the case of Thieme v. Aucoin-Thieme, a case that in part deals with does co-habitation prior to marriage count towards the length of a marriage in divorce. Now the NJ Supreme Court has chimed in (from the case syllabus): HELD: N.J.S.A....
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 7, 2016 | Divorce Mediation and Law, Lawsuits |
Update: the Supreme Court ruled and I address it here. Michael Thieme and Bernice Aucoin-Thieme were living together for eight years before they married. Their marriage lasted 14-months. For the divorce, the parties agreed on a full settlement, including a clause...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 5, 2014 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
On May 9, 2014, I was honored to serve on a panel to discuss mediating difficult divorce mediation scenarios at the NJAPM Annual Divorce Seminar. We talked though (and encouraged audience participation) situations including nesting, reimbursement requests for breast...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Apr 22, 2009 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
As I wrote about previously, the bill in the New Jersey Legislature restricting inheritance and matrimonial matters where a serious crime has been committed was signed into law by Governor Corzine last week. Among the provisions of the new law: Prohibits courts from...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 3, 2009 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
One of the things I’ve begun to see in my divorce mediation practice is the difficulty of equitable distribution with martial homes that have little equity value, no value or even negative equity. These are situations where the value of the mortgage(s) plus any...
