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New Jersey Permanent Statutes
TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
2A:34-23.1 Equitable distribution criteria.
4.In making an equitable distribution of property, the court shall consider, but not be limited to, the following factors:
a.The duration of the marriage;
b.The age and physical and emotional health of the parties;
c.The income or property brought to the marriage by each party;
d.The standard of living established during the marriage;
e.Any written agreement made by the parties before or during the marriage concerning an arrangement of property distribution;
f.The economic circumstances of each party at the time the division of property becomes effective;
g.The income and earning capacity of each party, including educational background, training, employment skills, work experience, length of absence from the job market, custodial responsibilities for children, and the time and expense necessary to acquire sufficient education or training to enable the party to become self-supporting at a standard of living reasonably comparable to that enjoyed during the marriage;
h.The contribution by each party to the education, training or earning power of the other;
i.The contribution of each party to the acquisition, dissipation, preservation, depreciation or appreciation in the amount or value of the marital property, as well as the contribution of a party as a homemaker;
j.The tax consequences of the proposed distribution to each party;
k.The present value of the property;
l.The need of a parent who has physical custody of a child to own or occupy the marital residence and to use or own the household effects;
m.The debts and liabilities of the parties;
n.The need for creation, now or in the future, of a trust fund to secure reasonably foreseeable medical or educational costs for a spouse or children;
o.The extent to which a party deferred achieving their career goals; and
p.Any other factors which the court may deem relevant.
In every case, the court shall make specific findings of fact on the evidence relevant to all issues pertaining to asset eligibility or ineligibility, asset valuation, and equitable distribution, including specifically, but not limited to, the factors set forth in this section.
It shall be a rebuttable presumption that each party made a substantial financial or nonfinancial contribution to the acquisition of income and property while the party was married.
L.1988,c.153,s.4; amended 1997, c.407.
2A:34-23.2 Findings, declarations relative to violation of visitation orders.
1.The Legislature finds and declares that:
a.There has been an increase in the filings of dissolutions of marriages in the recent years; and
b.The best interests of the children of these marriages in maintaining close relationships with both parents regardless of which parent has the physical custody of the child is paramount; and
c.Proceeding criminally in cases where the terms of an order of visitation with a child has failed to be honored may be both difficult and inappropriate; and
d.Bolstering the statutory civil remedies available to a judge hearing these types of matters may provide an indication of legislative intent to promote the enforcement of these matters.
L.1997,c.300,s.1.
2A:34-23.3 Available remedies.
2.A judge who sanctions a party for failure to comply with an order of visitation shall have these remedies available:
a.The awarding of counsel fees of the aggrieved party against the party who violated the terms of the order;
b.Community service;
c.The awarding of compensatory time for the time with the child for which the party was deprived;
d.The awarding of monetary compensation for additional costs incurred when a parent fails to appear for scheduled visitation; and
e.Other economic sanctions which may be decided on a case-by-case basis.
L.1997,c.300,s.2.
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