Supreme Court of New Jersey: State in the Interest of E.S.

State in the Interest of E.S. Docket No. A-41/42-21 Decided November 22, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Family Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent published opinion, the Supreme Court of New Jersey determined whether the trial court abused its discretion in choosing to hear the State’s waiver motion before E.S.’s suppression motion and whether the Family…

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Bowens v. Bowens – Reduce Alimony and Child Support On Changed Circumstances

Bowens v. Bowens Docket No. A-4081-18T2   ——- Decided March 6, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Family Law Firm, Hark and Hark. In a recent unpublished decision, the Appellate Division reviewed a denial of a post-judgment matrimonial motion to reduce alimony and child support on changed circumstances related to the party seeking to reduce his child…

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JUSTICE V. MARINO

JUSTICE V. MARINO Docket No. A-5520-18T1 Submitted by New Jersey Family Law Firm, Hark and Hark. In a recent unpublished decision, the Appellate Division heard argument on a request to set aside a Family Part Order changing custody. In Justice, plaintiff and defendant were married and had one child, a son born in 2009, before…

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Jurisdiction for Child Support is Established Upon Conception

Hudson County Department of Family Services v. Mateo New Jersey Family Law submission by Hark and Hark. In an unpublished decision, the Appellate Division recently took on an issue of jurisdiction as it relates to child support and a potential father living out of the State of New Jersey. In Hudson County Department of Family…

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