The applicant husband initiated a divorce but abandoned it after failing to prove child support arrangements.
The respondent wife filed an answer claiming retroactive child and spousal support, equalization, and a vesting order for the matrimonial home.
The husband was in default.
The court found the husband had hidden his income while working in the Middle East and imputed his income at $281,195.
The court set aside the spousal support release in the parties' separation agreement due to a fundamental flaw in negotiations and the husband's financial manipulation.
The court awarded retroactive child and spousal support totaling $156,873 and granted a vesting order transferring the husband's interest in the matrimonial home to the wife to satisfy the arrears.