In a Decision – Zangrilli v. Zangrilli, (an "Unreported Decision") >> the Court Held:
The Appellate Division reversed and remanded the case where Husband demonstrated a prima facie case of a significant good-faith reduction of income sufficient to justify a plenary hearing and demonstrated that his assets were completely dissipated, he had filed for bankruptcy and was living with his aunt..
Defendant was found in violation of litigant's rights for failure to pay alimony and child support and he sought modification of his support obligations based on reduced income and the emancipation of the oldest child. Defendant had lost his high paying job in advertising prior to the divorce and provided his tax returns to the court showing his significantly reduced income in his new job as a truck driver. His vocational assessment expert recommended he continue working as a truck driver since it was steady and sustained employment.
Husband demonstrated a prima facie case of a significant good-faith reduction of income, to justify a plenary hearing, from the imputed $150,000 as an advertising art director to the claimed actual income of $60,000 working as a truck driver.