Jordana Elrom v. Elad Elrom

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE
 APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION

 SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY
 APPELLATE DIVISION
 DOCKET NO. A-4565-12T4
JORDANA ELROM,
 APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION
 Plaintiff-Respondent,
 February 23, 2015
v.
 APPELLATE DIVISION
ELAD ELROM,

 Defendant-Appellant.
_______________________________

 Submitted November 3, 2014 - Decided February 23, 2015

 Before Judges Lihotz, St. John and
 Rothstadt.

 On appeal from the Superior Court of New
 Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part,
 Bergen County, Docket No. FM-02-2214-11.

 Townsend, Tomaio & Newmark, LLC, attorneys
 for appellant (John E. Clancy, on the
 briefs).

 Jordana Elrom, respondent pro se.

 The opinion of the court was delivered by

LIHOTZ, P.J.A.D.

 Defendant, Elad Elrom, appeals from provisions set forth in

a November 19, 2012 final judgment of divorce (FJOD), entered

following trial. He challenges the imputation of income to the

parties for the purpose of calculating child support and limited

duration alimony payable to plaintiff Jordana Elrom. Defendant
 also challenges supplemental child support added for child care

and extracurricular activities, the allocation of assets

equitably distributed, and appeals from a February 21, 2013

order denying reconsideration of the FJOD's terms.

 Following our review of the issues raised on appeal, in

light of the record and the applicable law, we agree the judge

erred in increasing child support by work-related child-care

costs during a period of plaintiff's unemployment and the cost

of the children's everyday extracurricular activity expenses,

which generally are included in the amount of child support. In

all other respects, including the imputation of income, we

affirm.

 I.

 The facts pertinent to our review are taken from the five-

day trial record. The parties appeared self-represented and

presented testimony regarding their incomes, along with fact

testimony from plaintiff's father and expert testimony.

Numerous documents were introduced into evidence regarding the

parties' respective incomes, expenses, and assets.

 The parties, who are now thirty-eight, were married in

February 2005 and separated in September 2010. They have two

young children, who were born in 2008 and 2010. Prior Family

Division proceedings between the parties were consolidated into

 2 A-4565-12T4
 this matter (FD-02-435-11) or dismissed. Although the parties

litigated custody and parenting time at trial, they successfully

mediated an agreement, largely resolving custody issues.

 Plaintiff is an attorney, licensed to practice in New York

and New Jersey. When she married defendant, she worked in

Newark earning an annual salary of $102,000. Thereafter, she

took a position with a New York firm, earning $175,000 per year.

In early 2008, just prior to the birth of the parties' first

child, plaintiff was laid off. She testified the parties agreed

she would stay home to raise the children, possibly working

part-time. In 2009, plaintiff commenced part-time employment,

working ten to fifteen hours per week. When the parties

separated, she earned $67.50 per hour, working approximately

twenty-six hours per week. Plaintiff next secured an

associate's position earning $80,640, but lost her job prior to

trial. Asserting child-care obligations required she \focus her