At the conclusion of any matrimonial matter, in the State of New Jersey, the Court can grant either a Judgment of Divorce or a Divorce from Bed and Board. A Judgment of Divorce is considered by the courts to be an absolute divorce severing all ties between the parties. However, a Divorce from Bed and Board is considered by...
Read MoreFor more than 30 years divorcing parents in New Jersey have been required to contribute towards the cost of college for their children. However, in the recent ruling of Black v. Black the Court added a new twist. The case involved a mother who was requesting college money for her adult son who had a damaged relationship with his...
Read MoreThroughout divorce proceedings there are several court mandated appearances whereby all parties and their counsel must be present. These include, but are not limited, case management conferences and putting through/finalizing the divorce on the record in the courtroom. All court appearances are costly to clients and in some instances, can be unproductive. New Jersey is taking steps to move...
Read MoreThe New Jersey Supreme Court Justices, in State v. Frye, refused to overturn the conviction of a motorist who pleaded guilty to refusal and was sentenced with a 10-year license suspension based on two prior DWIs. The Court stated that “If prior DWI convictions were not to enhance subsequent refusal sentences, it would be tactically advantageous for an individual...
Read MoreIn 2008 a Spring Lake Heights high school baseball player committed suicide by stepping in front of a moving train. His family sued his former coach at St. Rose High School and others claiming that the teenager killed himself to avoid the stress of having to testify against the coach at an upcoming criminal trial. According to the suit,...
Read MoreSix hundred former NFL players (including NFL champion Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon) have filed suit against the NFL claiming that pain pills were “handed out like candy at Halloween.” The lawsuit which covers years 1968-2008 alleges that team physicians and trainers dispensed powerful narcotics to mask pain on game days. The players claim that they stood in line...
Read MoreIn a recent court decision a woman who alleged that she had been sexually assaulted by a police officer in Pemberton Township, had her case dismissed for failure to file the necessary notice of claim. In Gilmartin vs Kreig, the plaintiff claimed that she was sexually assaulted following her arrest but she never filed any type of written notice...
Read MoreRackett v. Watson: A pedestrian who suffered a head injury in a hit-and-run accident accepted a $300,000 settlement of his Monmouth County Suit on Dec. 16, 2013. On Jan. 29, 2011, Matthew Rackett, then 15, of Aberdeen was walking along the shoulder of Route 34 in Matawan when he was struck by a car. He was diagnosed with scalp...
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