New Jersey Family Law

WEST PATTERSON NEW JERSEY PASSAIC COUNTY DIVORCE MEDIATION LAWYER

This was an acrimonious New Jersey divorce case, where the New Jersey divorce judge erred in concluding the wife's attempt to "revisit the circumstances of her removal from the former marital home" was barred by res judicata. Although the issue was pursued actively, there was never a ruling on the merits, i.e., whether the wife, in fact, violated the terms of the New Jersey judgment of divorce by changing the locks on the home and otherwise refusing the husband access. The judge's award of counsel fees to the husband was a mistaken exercise of discretion.     Chan v. Huie, New Jersey App. Div. September 20, 2007

HACKENSACK DIVORCE FEES

The mother did have to pay the outstanding fees for legal services of the court-appointed attorney for the parties' minor children. The Appellate Division rejected the mother's challenges to the reasonableness of the attorney's outstanding fees, and it determined that the New Jersey divorce judge acted within her discretion by setting the payment schedule and by denying the cross-motion.  Caine v. Meister, New Jersey App. Div., January 5, 2007