Happenstance
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey
Hi - our divorce was finalized on Nov 23 2021. Earlier in 2021, we had both lost our jobs, and we were both getting UI payouts, and we both ended up getting extended benefits. Her benefits were set to expire before mine, but somehow a new claim was automatically filed for her (she says she did nothing to request it and has no idea why she got it) but now she is getting an entirely new round of benefit payments. My benefits simply expired, and I was unable to renew. My question is this. Since her benefits are based on her employment within the period of our marriage, and since her newly opened claim occurred prior to Nov 23, am I entitled to half of her weekly benefit payouts? Our divorce was a simple no contest with an equal splitting of all the assets. no alimony and children are grown and independent (one 23 and one 27). Thanks