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New Jersey Family Court Addresses Jurisdiction Dispute in Post-Judgment Custody and Parenting Time Dispute

Earlier this month, a March, 2017 written opinion by family court judge the Honorable Russell J. Passomano, J.S.C. was approved for publication in the matter of BG-v-LH (FM-07-468-13).   In this published opinion the court addressed issues of jurisdiction in a custody and parenting time dispute where one party had relocated with…

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New Jersey Examines Use of Social Media to Acquire Personal Jurisdiction Over Out of State Defendant

This week the Honorable Stephen Hansbury, P.J. Ch. published a Superior Court opinion that demonstrates how technology and social media is changing the legal landscape and creating new challenges and solutions.   In the published opinion in KA v. JL, in which Judge Hansbury addressed a cause of action that…

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Part Two: Determining Jurisdiction in Custody Disputes

In my prior recent posting entitled, “Part One: The Issue of Domicile in Non-Custodial Divorce Cases – Is New Jersey Still My Home?“, I discussed how jurisdiction is determined in matrimonial cases that did not involve a custody dispute. Here, I will discuss how a New Jersey family court will…

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Part One: The Issue of Domicile in Non-Custodial Divorce Cases – Is New Jersey still my home?

The New Jersey State motto is “Liberty and Prosperity.” Therefore, it should come as no surprise that New Jersey is home to the third largest percentage of millionaires in the United States. Over 7% or approximately 235,000 of New Jersey citizens are millionaires.  (See Barron’s millionaire-ranking)  Accordingly, many New Jersey citizens…

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