The husband and wife in Netta v. Monek were married from 1991 until 1994. Their only child was two years old when they divorced, so they delayed any decision on college contribution until “the appropriate...
In L.S. v. J.P., Plaintiff and Defendant, while married to other people, engaged in a year-long affair. During this turbulent affair, the respective spouses and Plaintiff’s son learned of the affair. Plaintiff argued that...
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office recently suspended the license of Joel B. Glass, a psychiatrist formerly practicing in Burlington County, following allegations that he distributed “tens of thousands” of pills...
The husband and wife in Cavrell v. Futterknecht married in 1987 and were divorced on May 15, 2012. The matrimonial settlement agreement (MSA) that was incorporated into their final judgment of divorce...
The husband and wife in J.E. v. J.E. married in 1998, had a son together in 2002, and divorced in May 2007. They executed a comprehensive property settlement agreement (PSA) that provided the child would...
Appellate Division Affirms Relocation Order
May 19, 2017
In April 2010, the husband and wife in DeLorenzo-Taglia v. Taglia entered into a consent order, which was incorporated into their judgment of divorce shortly thereafter. The order provided for joint legal...
Appellate Division Affirms Child Support Award
May 18, 2017
The husband and wife in Sa’ v. Sa’ had two children together—the first in 2000 and the second in 2002. When the spouses divorced in 2006, the husband, a police officer, earned more than the wife, who...
Dangers Of Pharmacist Errors
May 17, 2017
A Georgia woman claims that her skin peeled off after she was given the wrong dose of a medication to help with her depression. In 2014, Khaliah Shaw, a recent college graduate, saw her doctor because she was experiencing...
The husband and wife in Abate v. Abate married in 2001 and had one child together. The husband adopted the wife’s two children from a prior marriage, one of whom was 21 and a college senior at the time of...
One-Third Of FDA-Approved Drugs Post Safety Risks
May 15, 2017
Nearly one-third of medications that received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) between 2001 and 2010 carry safety risks that were discovered only after approval. A new study in the...
The husband and wife in Scarpa v. Scarpa divorced in 1995 after 3 years of marriage. The Final Judgment of Divorce (FJOD) awarded them joint legal custody of their 3 sons and designated the wife...
The husband and wife in Lynch v. Lynch married in 1995, got divorced, remarried in 2003, and divorced again in 2011. The property settlement agreement (PSA) that was incorporated into their...
The marital settlement agreement (MSA) that was incorporated into the judgment of divorce required the wife pay the husband $400 per month in permanent alimony. The MSA further provided that the...
Appellate Division Finds Binding MSA
May 05, 2017
At a mandatory pretrial settlement conference on August 7, 2014, the husband and wife reached a settlement that resolved property and child support issues. The judge did not participate in the...
They divorced in 1979, remarried in 1988, and separated again in 2010. In 2014, the husband filed a divorce complaint, to which the wife failed to respond. On May 13, 2015, the husband filed a...
Over the course of the litigation, the wife retained and discharged 3 different attorneys, and the husband retained and discharged his attorney. The husband owed outstanding fees to his attorney, but the husband...
This is the husband’s third attack on the equitable distribution award. The wife originally received $1,268,819 as her equitable distribution, which was reduced slightly to $1,200,152 on remand from the...
Emancipation Standard in PSA Is Not Dispositive
Apr 28, 2017
The daughter graduated from high school in June 2010 and began community college in September 2010. After 4 years, the daughter graduated from community college with an associate’s degree in May 2014. The month...
However, on June 13, 2012, the Appellate Division reversed the Family Part’s order denying the husband’s motion to emancipate the son. The husband’s motion was based on the son’s alleged completion of 4 years of...
By early 2013, none of the children were emancipated, but the older daughter was primarily financially supported by the husband, as she lived with him in California and attended college in Oregon. The younger daughter...
