Trial judges handling divorce cases in which alimony is being sought must consider more than just the length of the marriage when determining what type, if any, alimony is to be awarded, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled July 29.

In a unanimous ruling in Gnall v. Gnall, the Supreme Court said two lower courts failed to engage in a specific analysis in determining which of the four types of available alimony should be awarded in the case of a divorcing couple from Ridgewood.

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