Legal Facts
Article by Kaplan and Carlin, LLC
"Sitting in a New Jersey family law courtroom, one regularly
hears judges and lawyers use the word "Lepis". They say things like
"Lepis says", "Lepis mandates that" and "Pursuant to Lepis" etc. We
sometimes hear people make comments like "what's a Lepis?" or"Who
is Lepis?"
Lepis is not a person nor is it a thing. Rather, Lepis v. Lepis
was a 1980 case decided by the New Jersey Supreme Court which
stands for the proposition that child support, alimony,
visitation/parenting time, and related issues are subject to review
and possible modification, at the request of either party,whenever
there has been a substantial change in circumstances.
This means that after the divorce, sometimes people can go back
to Court to ask a judge to modify terms of the divorce judgment
when there has been a significant change in circumstances.
The Lepis case is as significant today as it was when it was
first decided over twenty years ago.
Largely as a result of Lepis, our law office represents many
people who are already divorced but who have ongoing issues that
need to be re-addressed by a Court."
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