WEST PATERSON PASSAIC COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE CUSTODY LAWYER

Plaintiff appeals from an order designating defendant as the parent of "primary residential care" for the couple's two daughters, ages 10 and 8. The New Jersey divorce judge tried to resolve a scheduling dispute, but wound up upsetting the previous consensual arrangement in place for close to one year. In doing so, the judge significantly altered the pre-existing arrangement and failed to thoroughly consider the statutory factors in N.J.S.A. 9:2-4(c). Thus, the order was reversed and remanded. Garcia v. Pena, New Jersey App. Div., October 8, 2008