Topic: whether an alimony obligation should be modified based upon… · Go Syfert
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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 47 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Larbig v. Larbig.

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1 Larbig v. Larbig Anchor
njsuperctappdiv · 2006
green “whether an alimony obligation should be modified based upon a claim of changed circumstances rests within a family part judge's sound discretion.” 17
2 Lepis v. Lepis
nj · 1980
green “may be revised and altered by the court from time to time as circumstances may require.” 9
3 Larbig v. Larbig
njsuperctappdiv · 2006
green “the appellate court must give due recognition to the wide discretion which our law rightly affords to the trial judges who deal with these matters.” 7
4 Gayet v. Gayet
nj · 1983
green “the test for modification of alimony is whether the relationship has reduced the financial needs of the dependent former spouse.” 5
5 Ozolins v. Ozolins
njsuperctappdiv · 1998
green “whether one . . . 'subsidizes the other.” 5
6 Innes v. Innes
nj · 1990
green “the basic purpose of alimony is the continuation of the standard of living enjoyed by the parties prior to their separation.” 4

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