On Sept. 25, 2014, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling in the case of Maeker v. Ross, clarifying the current status of “palimony” in the state.
The decision settled a dispute in the lower courts regarding the effective date of a 2010 amendment to the New Jersey Statute of Frauds. This amendment, which required all agreements containing a promise to provide support or other consideration to a partner in a marriage-like personal relationship to be put into a signed writing after advice from counsel (N.J.S.A.??25:1-5(h)), proved highly controversial, as it dramatically changed previous case law that had allowed New Jersey courts to enforce oral as well as written palimony agreements.
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