Divorce Ruling Revised

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'A Nassau County judge dramatically reversed himself in a decision about divorce payments that had been cited by an independent commission as an example of flaws in legislation passed to reform New York's matrimonial laws.

In March 2011, Judge Norman Janowitz ordered Jeffrey Goldberg to pay his wife Jill Goldberg more than $17,000 a month, though his monthly take-home pay as an investment banker was only $12,775, according to court documents. His wife, Jill, is employed as a guidance counselor, earning $103,000 a year. Mr. Goldberg was laid off in August.

But on March 12, Judge Janowitz declared his original decision to be "unjust and inappropriate" and substantially reduced how much Mr. Goldberg must pay his wife, including reductions in temporary alimony and child support.

"The Court did not consider how the totality of the court-directed payments would impact the parties' economic reality on a month to month basis," Judge Janowitz wrote in his new decision.'