Lake Como, NJ Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

 There are several issues presented by your question.      1. If you file an application for temporary modification of your support setting, when will the family part judge hear the application? The answer depends on which county the application is being made in since some counties are up and running and others are still having difficulty getting staff in to handle the volume of matters.   2. Under the statute governing modification of support claims based on "change in circumstance" settings, your former husband would be prohibited from filing that application  for 90 days from his termination -  so, whether the court may impose the same 90 day hold on your support modification application for 90 days from your termination of employment.  3. Filing an application for modification of support is not simple and too many people make mistakes when they file it and as a result, the court denies the application and then it may be too late to try and correct it by hiring a lawyer to refile the same or a similar  application. There are specific procedural requirements to the filing of that application and if they are not done right, the court can easily deny the application, placing you in a worse setting.  4. It may make sense for you to reach out to your former husband and ask him if you and he can work out a temporary arrangement to help you get through this setting without the need of an application to the court. He may want to avoid the courts intervention as well and may be willing to work out some temporary modification so as to avoid the court making the decision. If not, you may ask him to agree to the use of a family law attorney as a mediator to assist you and him in trying to find an interim solution, with both of you paying the lawyer to handle the issue and if an agreement is reached through his assistance, he can then prepare a consent order for modification. There are a lot of family law attorneys currently working with families today handling this exact issue through videoconferencing or by telephone.   

Thank you for your question. Given the short term of your marriage alimony is not really an option for you. As to the assets you may be entitled to a percentage of the marital assets you and your husband acquired during the marriage. However since you have not lived in NJ for a full year and are now back in Canada you do not have jurisdiction to file for divorce in NJ unless your Husband has resided in NJ for a year or longer. You would benefit from scheduling a video or phone consult with a family law attorney to discuss your options. 

The only reason the courts will order one party or the other to leave a home is domestic violence or threat of the same. the fact that you took title to the house after you were a married woman creates a presumption that the house is community property. You either have a claim for reimbursement of a separate property contribution or the community is entitled to receive a percentage of the value of the home for payments made on the house during the marriage. I think you will need a family law attorney to lead you through this maze.