FLEMINGTON - The state Supreme Court has ordered that John Waldorf be released from the Hunterdon County Jail.

Waldorf has been in the county jail for eight weeks on a "non-support" charge. Judge Hany Mawla most recently denied his request for release at a family court hearing on Friday, Dec. 14.

A spokesman for the jail said that Waldorf would be released around 7 p.m. this evening.

Waldorf, 60, formerly of Lebanon Township, was ordered to pay $2,000 a week in alimony beginning Jan. 1 this year. That amounts to $104,000 a year. He was ordered to pay an additional $3,300 in child support per year for his 16-year-old son. The numbers were derived from the income Waldorf was earning before the divorce.

The divorce process was a long and bitter one, with the judge faulting both parties for difficulties, according to court transcripts. During proceedings the judge said Lisa Waldorf wrongfully accused her ex-husband of hiding assets while he was less than cooperative about sharing information about debts, violated several court orders and missed several deadlines. The judge also said John Waldorf was "willfully underemployed" for not seeking a better paying job so he could pay the ordered alimony. The judge said he was merely trying to avoid paying the support.

Lisa Waldorf said Friday that keeping him in jail "doesn't help me at all," but he has not even made an offer to pay a part of what he owes. The judge requested he pay a third of what is past due.

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