Last week, the Judiciary Committee on Opinions approved Kakstys v. Stevens, a trial court case, for publication. The case addressed “the retroactive establishment of an initial child support obligation in a...
Ex-Wife’s Cohabitation Enttiles Ex-Husband to Reduced Alimony, but the Amount is Tricky
Oct 20, 2015
Upon their divorce in 2010, the ex-husband in Canal v. Canal agreed to pay his ex-wife limited duration alimony. He would pay her $104,000 a year for seven years, and he would pay child support for their three...
A husband and wife in Vantimiglia v. Pandelo were divorced in September 2010, and the mother was designated as the children’s parent of primary residence. About a year and a half later, the parties entered...
A mother and father, who were never married to each other, have been in court fighting over physical custody of their son, Noah. When Noah was almost two, he and his mother moved to Pennsylvania, while his father...
A man and a woman, both married to other people, had a two-year relationship. In May 2014, the man tried to break up with the woman after she rejected his marriage proposal. She said that she could not marry him...
Following a trial, a couple’s divorce was finalized in May 2013 in a dual judgment of divorce (JOD) entered by a family court judge. One provision of the JOD in Ji v. Lo ordered that the marital residence be...
Essure, the only permanent birth control option that does not require surgery, has been linked to some serious side effects that are not properly disclosed on the warning label, according to The Associated Press. ...
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently issued a report warning about diagnostic errors and the minimal attention they receive. The report could not get a good count of the diagnostic errors or the frequency of serious...
Two years ago, the Family Part ruled that S.L. had been abusing or neglecting her children. The court came to this conclusion in N.J. Div. of Child Protection and Permanency v. S.L. when S.L. was pregnant with...
This week, the New Jersey Appellate Division decided Taveras v. Prieto, a case in which the ex-wife wanted to set aside the Property Settlement Agreement (PSA) entered into by her and her ex-husband. She claimed...
The FDA issued a safety alert recently for repackaged drugs sold in syringes manufactured by Becton-Dickinson. Originally, the warning was only for the 3- and 5-mL syringes, but this month the warning has been...
GlaxoSmithKline published a study fourteen years ago that concluded that its antidepressant drug, Paxil, was safe for teenagers to consume. This week, the medical journal, BMJ, published a new interpretation of that...
A gay male couple and a lesbian couple had a child together. According to the New York Post, one of the men donated his sperm to the women. Both couples decided to purchase identical apartments in New York...
A few weeks back, we wrote about infections caused by contaminated duodenoscopes that have recently come to light. In the wake of these discoveries, other medical instruments have become the subject of scrutiny. ...
After marrying in Sweden in 2001, a couple had three children, all of whom were born in Sweden. The wife is a Swedish citizen and the husband is a Canadian citizen, and the children have dual Swedish and Canadian...
After the trial court in Kaller v. Gogan determined that the husband’s alimony payments should be reduced to $175 per week, the wife appealed that decision. The appellate court sent the case back down to the...
During a minimally invasive hysterectomy, Viviana Ruscitto’s doctors at The Valley Hospital used a medical device called a laparoscopic power morcellator. According to NorthJersey.com, the device has a spinning...
Canagliflozin, a drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, may increase the incidence of bone fractures and decrease the bone mineral density in people on the medication. According to MedPage Today, the Food and...
Tennessee Refusesd to Grant Divorce to Straight Couple, Citing Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Sep 10, 2015
Last week, a couple in their sixties sought a divorce in Chattanooga, Tennessee. According to WZTV Fox 17 Nashville, Chancellor Jeffrey M. Atherton refused to rule on the couple’s divorce. He said that the...
Unwitting Consumers Killed By Powdered Caffeine
Sep 02, 2015
Powdered caffeine is becoming increasingly popular, and it is commonly mixed into beverages by people looking for a boost of energy. But it can be lethal, and it is additionally known to cause dangerously erratic...
