Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey

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A court in New Jersey has the power to issue what is called Pendente Lite relief or support to help you maintain the home. The power of a New Jersey court to provide interim relief in the form of support in matrimonial actions, arises from statutory authority, N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23. This power to provide pendente lite relief is well established in practice and precedent. Crowe v. De Gioia, 90 N.J. 126, (1982), Schiff v. Schiff, 116N.J.Super. 546 (App.Div.1971), certif. Den. 60 N.J. 139 (1972), Mallamo v. Mallamo, 280 N.J.Super. 8, 12 (App.Div.1995).The general purpose of pendente lite support is to maintain the parties in the same or similar situation they were in prior to the inception of the litigation; "to preserve the status quo through the device of awarding temporary financial support pending a full investigation of the case." Id. at 11-1.

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