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Apple Sulit-Peralejo

Apple Sulit-Peralejo

Phone: 609-572-2230
1301 Atlantic Avenue Midtown Building, Suite 400 Atlantic City NJ 8401 United States

About

Apple focuses her practice in matrimonial/family law litigation. Apple has been a seminar speaker for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and has appeared on the television show “Legalines.”

Practice Areas

* Litigation * Family Law

Education

* J.D., Widener University School of Law, 1995 * B.A., Arizona State University, 1992

Bar Admissions

* New Jersey * Pennsylvania

Professional Associations

* New Jersey State Bar Association * Atlantic County Bar Association

Recent Articles

The Ever-Confusing "Change in Circumstance" Concept

Apple Sulit-Peralejo

April 14, 2011 15:35

One of the most difficult concepts related to custody and parenting time issues is the “change in circumstances” concept when a modification of custody or parenting time is being sought. We have blogged many times on the legal analysis the Court must complete in determining a...

Getting Divorced and Where to Start

Apple Sulit-Peralejo

May 14, 2009 18:39

 Now that you have made the determination that you want to proceed with a divorce, you wonder what is/are the next steps. The following is a summary of the Procedural Steps in a Divorce Litigation and a summary of substantive issues that may be addressed in the divorce...

PAINTING A GRIM FINANCIAL PICTURE...IS IT ENOUGH TO OBTAIN A DECREASE OR TERMINATION OF SUPPORT?

Apple Sulit-Peralejo

April 22, 2009 15:21

New Jersey has upheld the long standing principle that permanent alimony awards are subject to review, modification and possibly termination based upon changed circumstances.  (Lepis v. Lepis, 83 N.J. 139 (1980).  However, it is not enough to paint a bleak picture of a payor's...

WITHOUT DIRECT COMMUNICATION, IS THERE HARASSMENT?

Apple Sulit-Peralejo

March 17, 2009 16:14

I have found that the most difficult harassment cases to prove under New Jersey’s Prevention of Domestic Violence Act are the cases in which there is no direct communication between the alleged victim and the alleged aggressor. However, it is not impossible for the victim to prevail and...

Are They Living Together or Not?

Apple Sulit-Peralejo

February 23, 2009 17:45

On February 3, 2009, my colleague, Katherine R. Sookhoo, an associate in or Philadelphia office,  wrote a very interesting article on cohabitation in our Pennsylvania Family Blog entitled For Love or Money.  I found the blog interesting for two reasons. ...