Lombardi v. Lombardi, 447 N.J. Super. 26 (App. Div. 2016). “[A]limony is neither a punishment for the payor nor a reward for the payee…. It is a right arising out of the marriage relationship to continue to live according to ...
In re Adoption of a Child by J.E.V. and D.G.V., 226 N.J. 90 (2016). In this unanimous opinion, authored by Chief Justice Rabner, the Supreme Court ruled that an indigent parent who faces the termination of her parental rights in ...
This has been a busy past ten days for the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, that busy period coincided with one of my own busy periods. So here is a very brief recap of some of the actions that the Court took ...
Bisbing v. Bisbing, 445 N.J. Super. 207 (App. Div. 2016). N.J.S.A. 9:2-2 provides that children of divorced parents cannot be removed from the jurisdiction of the Superior Court “without the consent of both parents, unless the court, upon cause shown, ...
New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. K.M., 444 N.J. Super. 325 (App. Div. 2016). This is another child abuse and neglect appeal, but one that contains an unusual twist on a woman’s use of drugs during pregnancy. ...
Landers v. Landers, 444 N.J. Super. 315 (App. Div. 2016). This opinion by Judge Lihotz addresses when alimony can be changed due to the retirement of the spouse obligated to pay that alimony. In 2014, the statute governing alimony was ...
Matison v. Lisnyansky, 443 N.J. Super. 549 (App. Div. 2016). This opinion by Judge Koblitz today, which dismisses the appeal, is one of the shortest published Appellate Division decision that I can recall. That is because no lengthy discussion was ...
Major v. Maguire, 224 N.J. 1 (2016). The Grandparent Visitation Statute, N.J.S.A. 9:2-7.1, permits grandparents to apply for visitation rights with their grandchildren even where the children’s parents object. In Moriarity v. Bradt, 177 N.J. 84 (2003), the Supreme Court ...
Ippolito v. Ippolito, 445 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2015). This opinion by Judge Fisher today involved an appeal from a summary contempt proceeding. Counsel for plaintiff in this matrimonial case wrote a letter to the Family Part judge handling ...
Department of Children & Families v. E.D.-O., 223 N.J. 166 (2015). Child abuse and neglect cases are often heartbreaking. Branding a parent as abusive and neglectful is a hard step to take, but is sometimes necessary to protect the child. ...