MORRISTOWN MEDIATION

The New Jersey family law judge aptly denied the grandmother's motion to modify the terms of a "relatively recent" consent order that allowed her to have visitation with her grandson, concluding that she had failed to make even a threshold showing that increased visitation was necessary to avoid harm to the child. Without such a threshold showing, she was properly denied discovery and an evidentiary hearing. The judge also justly denied reconsideration and awarded counsel fees to the boy’s parents.     Parson v. Plotts, et vir., New Jersey App. Div., April 11, 2007