Legal Opinion
Jacobitti v. Jacobitti
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 6, 1994PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
GARIBALDI, J.
N.J.S.A 2A:34-25 provides that “[ajlimony shall terminate on the death of the payer spouse.” In this case a trial court ordered a divorced man to create a trust fund from which monthly alimony payments would be made to his ex-wife so long as she lives, even if she outlives her ex-husband. The court did so by invoking another part of N.J.S.A. 2A:34-25, which provides that a court may order a spouse to maintain life insurance to protect the former spouse “in the event of the payer spouse’s death.” Plaintiff, Edmund E. Jacobitti, asserts that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Merin v. MaglakiSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1992
- State v. MaguireSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- Martindell v. MartindellSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956
- AMN, Inc. v. Township of South Brunswick Rent Leveling BoardSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
- Carr v. CarrSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1990
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3Cited by37 opinions
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