MORRISTOWN NEW JERSEY MORRIS COUNTY DIVORCE MEDIATION LAWYER

The ex-wife tried to vacate the 1998 New Jersey judgment of divorce. Before the judgment was entered, and after negotiations had taken place, she apparently told her attorney she objected to the divorce; and when her attorney sent her the final consent judgment prepared by the other lawyer, she never responded to his letter asking her if he should sign it on her behalf. The motion to vacate was brought 8 years later and was properly denied because of failure to provide meritorious reasons for the lengthy delay. The application was denied due to laches and estoppel.    Long v. Long, New Jersey App. Div. October 3, 2007