BLOOMINGDALE NEW JERSEY PASSAIC COUNTY DIVORCE LAWYER

It was proper to deny the ex-husband's motion for relief from the 1996 New Jersey judgment of divorce, requiring him to pay the ex-wife $500 for counsel fees she incurred in opposing his motion. His primary claim was that equitable distribution should be modified because she allegedly concealed a savings account and a worker's compensation award. However, a motion for relief from a judgment based on alleged fraud must be made within one year. Even if this could be extended because the fraud could not have been discovered within that time, defendant's papers did not describe how he discovered the fraud, nor why it could not have been discovered sooner.     Sherman, etc. v. Garcia, New Jersey App. Div., March 4, 2008