FORT LEE NEW JERSEY DIVORCE MEDIATION

Mom and Dad obtained their New Jersey divorce. Their son lived with the mother in the grandfather's home "most of the time". The son admitted he stole $3,800 in quarters the grandfather stored in the basement of the home. Although the son and his mother executed an agreement promising to repay the $3,800, the father did not. The grandfather sought a judgment that declared both defendants responsible for the $3,800. While it was proper to enter judgment against the mother and son, the father could not be held liable. There was no showing that the father knew or should have known about the quarters or the son's intent to take them or that the father had the ability to control the son while the son was in the grandfather's home.   Reading v. Mahon, New Jersey App. Div., May 21, 2007