364 N.J. Super. 68 - Caplan v. Caplan’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “1. Effective January 16, 2002, defendant shall pay child support to plaintiff in the amount of $5,391.34 per month, allocated $2,695.67 per child; 2. Plaintiff shall pay 34.82 percent, and defendant 65.18 percent, of the following expenses on behalf of the children: a. Medical insurance, which will be maintained by defendant, and unreimbursed medical expenses, including hospital, prescriptions, psychiatric, and counseling costs; b. Summer camp; c. Dental expenses, including orthodontia; d. Bar Mitzvah expenses; e. $10,000 annual contribution to each child’s UGMA account; f. Jacob’s college, graduate school and miscellaneous educational costs not covered by his UGMA account; g. Daniel’s post-secondary education, training costs, health insurance and residential expenses; 3. Daniel’s current UGMA shall be placed in a Special Needs Trust and defendant shall provide plaintiff with trust statements twice each year, with the costs of the trust to be borne by the parties in accordance with their respective percentages; 4. Defendant shall manage Jacob’s UGMA account and his Special Needs Trust, and provide plaintiff statements twice each year; 5. Defendant shall be responsible for complying with applicable tax laws on behalf of Daniel and Jacob; 6. Plaintiff shall claim both children as dependents for tax purposes; 7. Each party shall maintain a life insurance policy on his or her life in the amount of $1,000,000, with the children as equal beneficiaries, with the other party named as”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Caplan v. Caplan

2. “the maximum basic child support amount, here $654 per week, or, $2,834 per month, should be subtracted from the court-determined reasonable needs of the children to determine the remaining children’s needs to be allocated between the parties. Then, the court must analyze the factors outlined in N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23(a) and determine each party’s responsibility for satisfying those remaining needs. It is the result of that analysis that is to be utilized when determining the fair and equitable allocation of the remaining needs of the children between the parties.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Caplan v. Caplan

3. “is, without just cause, voluntarily underemployed or unemployed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 435 N.J. Super. 542 - A-3601-13t2 Ariel Schochet v. Sharona Schochet