New Jersey Family Law

CHILD DIVORCE JURISDICTION DISMISSAL NEW JERSEY MEDIATOR LAWYER

Because the parties' child was over the age of 18 (actually two weeks shy of 19), the New Jersey divorce judge correctly ruled there was no jurisdiction to grant any of the relief sought.     Roman v. Trivinia, New Jersey App. Div., April 18, 2012

NEW JERSEY DIVORCE MATRIMONIAL LAW MEDIATION ARBITRATION ATTORNEY

Should the child's passport list his place of birth as "Jerusalem" or as "Israel"?      Zivotofsky, by his parents and guardians, Zivotofsky et ux., v. Clinton, Secretary of State; U.S. (2012); United States Supreme Court, March 21, 2012

LITTLE FALLS WEST MILFORD POMPTON LAKES RINGWOOD PASSAIC COUNTY NJ DIVORCE JURISDICTION MEDIATOR

New Jersey no longer had jurisdiction to adjudicate various financial issues between these divorced parties, 8 years after the ex-wife and three children had permanently relocated to Montana.    Shea v. Shea, November 16, 2011

MAHWAH SADDLE RIVER GARFIELD HASBROUCK HEIGHTS BERGEN COUNTY NJ DIVORCE MEDIATION ARBITRATION ATTORNEY

 
New Jersey may reject a foreign jurisdiction's divorce decree [here, the Dominican Republic], but not if one of the parties waits 31 years before asserting its invalidity.    In Re Sarcona, New Jersey App. Div., September 23, 2011

TEANECK TENAFLY TETERBORO BERGEN COUNTY NJ DIVORCE MEDIATOR ARBITRATOR ATTORNEY

 
Under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:34-53 to -95, K.R.S. 403.800 to 403.880 (the UCCJEA), the New Jersey divorce judge properly decided that the parenting disputes between the parents belongs in Kentucky, not New Jersey.    Watkins v. Watkins, New Jersey App. Div., April 11, 2011

FORT LEE DEMAREST ENGLEWOOD TEANECK BERGEN COUNTY NJ DIVORCE MEDIATION LAWYER

 
In the context of college expense payment for the parties' 19 year-old daughter, one parent sought to change jurisdiction from New Jersey to Pennsylvania [where parents are generally not liable for such claims]. The New Jersey divorce judge correctly denied this application.    Sundburg v. Kuczynski, fka Sundburg, New Jersey App. Div., January 11, 2011

SPRINGFIELD SUMMIT UNION COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE MEDIATION JURISDICTION CHILD CUSTODY

Under New Jersey family law, a custody order from another state may be challenged on 3 grounds : (a) the original court lacked jurisdiction; or (b) the original order has been vacated, stayed or modified; or (c) proper notice was not provided.    Parks v. Poulter, New Jersey App. Div., April 8, 2010

SOUTH ORANGE ESSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE MEDIATION ATTORNEY

This was an appeal from the denial of a motion to set aside a New Jersey divorce consent order. The motion was denied by the New Jersey divorce judge, based on a jurisdictional alleged lack of standing. However, the appellant did in fact have liability for half of the underlying arbitration award. This conferred sufficient standing to warrant reversal of the motion denial.   DiSalvatore v. DiSalvatore v. Thomas Forkin, New Jersey App. Div., February 10, 2010

　

MORRISTOWN MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE MEDIATION LAWYER INTERNATIONAL CUSTODY

The United States Supreme Court rarely takes family law cases. But it will do so next week, when it hears oral argument in an international child custody case implicating various aspects of the Hague Convention in a ne exeat context.   Abbott v. Abbott,    U.S.    (2010); U.S. Supreme Court, January 5, 2010

HAWTHORNE PASSAIC COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE CUSTODY INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION

A New Jersey judge just sentenced a woman to 14 years in prison for taking her daughter to Spain and refusing to bring her back to her custodial father in Hasbrouck Heights. "Two days before Christmas, that girl has no father and has no mother," the judge told Maria Jose Carrascosa. "What you did in this case is 100 percent despicable. If you bring the child back, I will be the first one to reconsider the sentence."     Bergen Record, December 23, 2009