The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that, in calculating any alimony payments stemming from a divorce, courts must consider all thirteen legal factors outlined in case law. The decision reversed a lower court opinion, which appeared to refuse alimony based only on a bright-line determination that the duration of the marriage in question was too short to award permanent alimony. Read more at the New Jersey Law Journal.
The New Jersey Supreme Court also ruled that the state's "judicial recall" statute, which allows retired judges to be recalled to service in case of judicial vacancies, is constitutional. The appellants had charged that the statute conflicted with the constitutional requirement that judges retire at age 70. Read more at NJ.com.
