A debt-collection lawyer must abide by a palimony agreement even after claiming the contract was invalid because he signed it without independent advice of counsel, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.

The appeals court said the palimony agreement was valid after finding that a recent Supreme Court opinion concerning palimony agreements applies retroactively to cases in the pipeline when the ruling was issued, the appeals court said.

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