Effective August 1, 2012, Judges Allison E. Accurso, Michael A. Guadagno, Michael J. Haas, and Susan F. Maven will be promoted to the Appellate Division. Judge Richard S. Hoffman will...
Sauro v. Sauro, 425 N.J. Super. 555 (App. Div. 2012). This contentious divorce action boiled down to the complaint of a large law firm that an equitable distribution award was improper because, in making...
Holst-Knudsen v. Mikisch, 424 N.J. Super. 590 (App. Div. 2012). In Emma v. Evans, 424 N.J. Super. 36 (App. Div. 2012), a panel of the Appellate Division addressed the issue of a name change...
Ducey v. Ducey, 424 N.J. Super. 80 (App. Div. 2012). After a fourteen-day trial, a Family Part judge entered a judgment of divorce and stated that "the underlying opinion will be sent shortly."...
Effective January 23, 2012, and continuing through April 13, 2012, Judge Allison Accurso, who had been the Presiding Judge, General Equity, Somerset County, has been temporarily assigned to Part C of the...
Tortorice v. Vanartsdalen, 422 N.J. Super. 242 (App. Div. 2011). A fit natural parent has a fundamental right to autonomy in child-rearing decisions, so that a grandparent who seeks visitation rights must...
Sachau v. Sachau, 206 N.J. 1 (2011). In Pacifico v. Pacifico, 190 N.J. 258 (2007), the Supreme Court held that where a divorce agreement provides that the sale of a marital home is...
Chief Justice Rabner has appointed four trial level judges to the Appellate Division on a temporary basis. Judge Patricia B. Roe, who sits in the Family Part, Ocean County, has been...
Resman v. Resman, 2010 WL 4940039 (App. Div. Dec. 7, 2010). In this case, which involved post-judgment motions in a matrimonial matter, the Presiding Family Part Judge had handled at...
Lucante v. Lucante, 2010 WL 4570211 (App. Div. Nov. 15, 2010). This opinion contains a lengthy discussion of the concept of abuse of discretion. There are a number of useful...
