Monthly Member Meeting | Navigating Alimony When the Divorcing Parties Have Been Married for 20 Years or More

Approved for:
1 General CLE Credit
1 Marital and Family Law Certification Credit

Description:

This presentation will be presented by attorney Lynne Strober from New Jersey and attorney Anthony Diaz from Florida. Anthony will talk about how Permanent alimony was recently terminated in Florida and what the effects of that have been. Lynne will explain how Alimony is handled in New Jersey with open durational alimony.

To provide for alimony in long term marriages that is as fair as possible, parties are faced with the real possibility of future problems. The payor won’t be able to pay or think it is fair to pay and the recipient will have to worry about when they risk losing their alimony and the cost of litigation.

In almost all cases it is best to try to resolve these issues out of court. Negotiation provides the attorney the most control over the outcome. However, reasonableness needs to prevail to resolve the alimony issues.

When there is a review, financial advisors and forensic accountants may be called upon to analyze whether there is a change in circumstances. Appraisers and realtors may be involved in reviewing the value of the real property owned by each party. Real property may need to be sold to provide a cash flow to the alimony recipient or payor. If there is an issue with a party’s mental or physical health experts may be brought in to evaluate and opine.

Description:

This presentation will be presented by attorney Lynne Strober from New Jersey and attorney Anthony Diaz from Florida. Anthony will talk about how Permanent alimony was recently terminated in Florida and what the effects of that have been. Lynne will explain how Alimony is handled in New Jersey with open durational alimony.

To provide for alimony in long term marriages that is as fair as possible, parties are faced with the real possibility of future problems. The payor won’t be able to pay or think it is fair to pay and the recipient will have to worry about when they risk losing their alimony and the cost of litigation.

In almost all cases it is best to try to resolve these issues out of court. Negotiation provides the attorney the most control over the outcome. However, reasonableness needs to prevail to resolve the alimony issues.

When there is a review, financial advisors and forensic accountants may be called upon to analyze whether there is a change in circumstances. Appraisers and realtors may be involved in reviewing the value of the real property owned by each party. Real property may need to be sold to provide a cash flow to the alimony recipient or payor. If there is an issue with a party’s mental or physical health experts may be brought in to evaluate and opine.

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Lynne Strober, Esq.

Lynne Strober is the co-chair of the firm’s matrimonial and family law practice group, where she compassionately advises clients on matrimonial settlement agreements, equitable distribution, alimony, child support, child custody and parenting time, prenuptial agreements, post-judgment issues and adoptions. Lynne has been at the forefront of New Jersey’s family law practice for more than 40 years.

Lynne is a member of the board of managers of the New Jersey chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is also a board member and the former president of the Barry I. Croland Family Law American Inn of Court, which is dedicated to promoting the highest levels of professionalism. In addition, Lynne is a member of the executive committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Family Law Section, and a former president of the Section. In those roles, she has been instrumental in implementing New Jersey’s domestic violence laws, and in developing court rules that positively impacted the judiciary.

Earlier in her career, Lynne was appointed by the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court to serve as chair of the Supreme Court’s Matrimonial Certification Committee and as a member of the Supreme Court’s Board on Attorney Certification, where she oversaw the certification of New Jersey’s attorneys.

Among her numerous accolades, Lynne has been named to the most recent editions of Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, in addition to receiving an AV preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, their highest level of peer-reviewed excellence. She also received the “Family Law Trailblazer” award from the National Law Journal. Additionally, she was the recipient of the Essex County Bar Association’s achievement award, for her commitment to promoting integrity, professionalism, advocacy and the fair administration of justice in family law.

Anthony Diaz, Esq.

Anthony J. Diaz, Esq, is a Family Law, Collaborative Divorce and Settlement attorney and Florida Certified Family Law mediator specializing in resolving disputes easily, effortlessly, and amicably.  He was previously a Certified Public Accountant for many years practicing in New York and Georgia. Anthony has been Collaboratively trained since 2009, taken many advanced trainings, and collaborated on numerous cases. He was selected as 1 of 21 participants of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Leadership Academy. He is currently co-chair of the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals Outreach Committee and on The Board of Directors for the Collaborative Family Law Institute.  In his out-of-court practice, Anthony is known as The Peacemaker.  He is passionate about supporting his clients to “do divorce differently” with many non-litigation options. As a Collaborative attorney and mediator, Anthony utilizes his professional and personal experiences to guide others from pain to peace.  He also helps others to resolve conflict with compassion and have relationships with passion and purpose.  Anthony is a highly sought-after speaker and a regular guest on the Divorce Hour podcast with Ilyssa Panitz. Anthony is also an international speaker whose passion, mission, and purpose are to help those in pain to move on from their divorce with dignity to have the life they desire and deserve.

Anthony is the co-author of “Faces Behind the Pages” and “Creating Relationships and Family with Courage and Compassion”.  He has also authored “Divorce With Dignity – 3 Powerful Steps to Heal and Move Past Your Divorce N.O.W.”; “!n-joy Your Relationships! – 7 Pillars to Deepening Your Connections With Passion and Purpose” and “Moving Consciously Through Conflict – 5 Meaningful steps to Mediating Conflict With Compassion”.