Scott M. v. Ilona M.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jeffrey S. Sunshine, J.

Introduction

This court is called upon, inter alia, to determine if the. new mandatory pendente lite maintenance guidelines and pendente lite counsel fee statutes enacted by the legislature should be deviated from where the calculations will result in the payee spouse having more monies available than the payor spouse as a result of the calculation. The court must also determine if the shift in financial resources that results from the guideline calculation rebuts the presumption of the payor spouse being the “monied” spouse.

The plaintiff husband,…