She v. You

The gender-based assault on you by your partner actually begins in her attorney's office.  She will present herself as the better parent, the financially crippled single mother, the unemployable spouse, and often the victim of abuse.  In contrast, she will present you as the absent father, the heartless "moneyed-spouse", and the abusive partner.

This wasn't how she viewed you when you and she first met, and it's not you now!  However, now it's different.  Then it was about love and affection.  Now it's about money and vengeance.  It's not about she and you any longer.  The sad truth is that it's about she v. you.

Since our firm focuses on protecting husbands and fathers involved in divorce and other family law matters, you can trust that we will strive to ensure that she v. you, doesn't turn out to be the end of you.

Leveling The Playing Field

Although family law is intended to be gender-neutral, the outcomes in divorce and family law matters don't always turn out that way.   There are various reasons to explain this phenomenon, not the least of which is political correctness. 

It is politically correct and rightfully so, for women in the workplace to be viewed and treated equally to their male counterparts.  However, in divorce, it's politically correct to view women as victims.

The Law Offices of Douglas I. Krompier MBA LLC seeks to level the playing field.  Our firm focuses on representing the interests unique to husbands and fathers in family law cases. 

Alimony

The concept of imputing income is used when the courts calculate any alimony award.  Although there is no published New Jersey case mandating the imputation of income to a custodial parent who chooses to stay at home with the children, when a court establishes any alimony award, if income is imputed to a stay-at-home mother, then the amount of alimony will be reduced.

Therefore, developing a legal argument to support your position that your stay-at-home spouse should be imputed an income commensurate with her ability, education, experience and earnings potential is critical.  Developing the legal strategy to ensure fairness in the court's decision to award alimony and if so how much, relies on many factors.   

 A case by case review, requires a strategy to be set forth by your atorney so that the court will consider the following in determining how much income to impute to a your stay-at-home spouse;

1. The age, health, maturity, and number of children in your home;
   
   
2. Your stay-at-home spouses employment history;
   
   
3. The age and health of your stay-at-home spouse;
   
   
4. The availability of an adequeate child-care provider;
   
   
5. The relationship between the expense of childcare and the net income of your stay-at-home spouse;
   
   
6. The cost associated with the transportation  required (if any)  for your stay-at-home spouse to have imputed income;
   
   
7. Your stay-at-home spouse's motivation or reasoning for being at home; and
   
   
8. The adequacy of available resources if the custodial parent remains at home.