Freehold, New Jersey family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action.

Following a seven-day Harrington[1] hearing, the Family Part judge entered an order that the parties settled their divorce action. Based on her credibility findings, the judge rejected defendant's claim that he did not agree to settle the matter. The judge determined defendant accepted plaintiff's settlem... More...    $0 (12-27-2024 - NJ)

Hackensack, New Jersey family law lawyers represented the parites in a protective order dispute.

The parties are married and have one sixteen-year-old son. On July 18, 2023, plaintiff filed a domestic violence complaint alleging harassment and was granted a temporary restraining order (TRO). On August 8 and 21, the TRO was amended to also allege assault, terroristic threats, and contempt... More...    $0 (12-20-2024 - NJ)

New Brunswick, New Jersey family Law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.



The parties were married in 1996. They have one daughter together who is now emancipated. A final judgment of divorce (FJOD) was entered on September 6, 2012. Under the FJOD, defendant agreed to pay $120 per week in child support and $125 per week in permanent alimony through wage ga... More...    $0 (08-12-2024 - NJ)

Somerville, New Jersey family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.



Plaintiff and defendant were married February 10, 2006, and share one son. Plaintiff filed a complaint for divorce in December 2020 and defendant filed an answer and counterclaim. At the time of the divorce proceeding, plaintiff was approximately forty-nine years old, and defendant was ... More...    $0 (08-15-2024 - NJ)

The parties were married in 1985. Plaintiff filed a complaint for divorce from defendant on February 11, 2020. After default was entered and vacated, defendant filed an answer and counterclaim for divorce on or about October 12, 2020. Both parties were represented by counsel thr... More...    $0 (07-31-2024 - NJ)

New Brunswick, New Jersey family law lawyers represented the parties to a divorce proceeding.

"Defendant Sadeeshkumar Venugopal appealed from a July 6, 2023 order denying a motion to amend his answer to a complaint for divorce filed by plaintiff Krithiga Sadeeshkumar. He also challenges an August 29, 2023 order denying his motion for reconsideration.

... More...    $0 (02-09-2024 - NJ)

This appeal arises under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA or Act). The question presented is whether a collection letter sent to collect a time-barred debt that makes a “settlement offer” to accept payment “in settlement of” the debt could violate the Act’s general prohibition against “any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any... More...    $0 (02-23-2018 - NJ)

Defendant purchased a $300,000 life insurance policy and
$200,000 accidental death benefit insuring Scharf's life on May
23, 1991. He was the primary beneficiary; the parties' son,
Jonathan, ten years old at the time of the murder, was the
contingent beneficiary. Scharf's therapist, Patricia Teague, who
had been treating Scharf for depression since July 1990, testified <... More...    $0 (01-27-2017 - NJ)

Wentworth is a property-management company, and the
Wentworth Group is the parent entity. Michael Mendillo was the
president and chief executive officer of Wentworth and the owner
of the Wentworth Group. In May 2005, Mendillo hired Ramon to
serve as one of Wentworth’s regional vice presidents -- the only
one of Hispanic descent. In that role, Ramon managed high-rise More...    $0 (09-21-2016 - NJ)

The record reveals the following facts. In 2008, defendant
was incarcerated in the Ocean County Jail. Around that time,
his wife filed for divorce. Defendant asked a fellow inmate,
Timothy Milton, to kill defendant's wife in exchange for
$10,000.
Defendant reportedly provided Milton with his wife's
address, and warned Milton that one of his wife's neighbors was ... More...    $0 (07-09-2016 - NJ)

In 2010, respondent F.M.’s personal firearm and firearms
purchaser identification card (identification card) were seized
pursuant to the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991,
N.J.S.A. 2C:25-17 to -35 (Domestic Violence Act).2 Both items
1 The statute on possession and licensing of firearms, N.J.S.A. 2C:58-3, ref... More...    $0 (07-06-2016 - NJ)

After a two-day jury trial, defendant Willy Emmanuel was
found guilty on all five counts of an indictment charging him
with third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance
(cocaine), N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1) (count one); third-degree
possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35
5(a)(1) and (b)(3) (count two); second-degree possession of
co... More...    $0 (06-07-2016 - NJ)

A jury convicted defendant Peter Shanley of the murder of
his wife, as well as two weapons offenses, and a judge sentenced
him to prison for life. Defendant appeals from the judgment of
conviction and makes these arguments: first, the trial judge
May 13, 2016
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erred by not dismissing the murder charge because of a
prosecutor's misstatements and prej... More...    $0 (05-14-2016 - NJ)

On September 11, 2014, a grand jury in Trenton, New Jersey, returned a five-count Superseding Indictment against Binyamin Stimler, Mendel Epstein, Jay Goldstein ("Goldstein"), and David Aryeh Epstein.1 Defendants are all Orthodox Jewish men and their prosecutions arise out of allegations that Defendants engaged in criminal means to facilitate Orthodox Jewish divorces. According to the Supe... More...    $0 (01-06-2016 - NJ)

This case presents a significant legal issue regarding the
effective date for the retroactive establishment of an initial
child support obligation in a divorce proceeding. Specifically,
the question is whether the court may retroactively set an
obligor’s child support obligation (a) only as of the filing date
of an actual child support motion (pendente lite or otherwise),... More...    $0 (12-01-2015 - NJ)

In this appeal, we consider whether the Rhode Island
Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association (RIJUA) must
defend and indemnify a podiatrist in a medical malpractice
action pending in New Jersey following rescission of the
podiatrist’s medical malpractice liability policy. The policy
had been rescinded due to material misrepresentations concerning
the state... More...    $0 (12-01-2015 - NJ)

In 2003, Robert Loppi purchased a life insurance policy from United Investors Life
Insurance Co. (United Investors), in which, the parties agree, he initially named his wife,
Marilyn Loppi, as the beneficiary. In 2008, Marilyn2 filed for divorce from Robert. On July 19,
2008, Robert was served with the summons and complaint in that divorce action. However, on
July 17, 2008, ... More...    $0 (11-16-2015 - NJ)

We decide whether Candace Ruitenberg’s interest in an equitable share of marital property pending her divorce from Paul Ruitenberg, III is a pre-petition “claim� against Paul’s bankruptcy estate. The issue has divided Bankruptcy Courts in our Circuit.

Paul filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, and Thomas J. Orr was appointed as the Trustee of the bankruptcy es... More...    $0 (03-13-2014 - NJ)

The parties appeal from four post-judgment orders in this highly contentious and litigious matrimonial matter. Plaintiff Katherine Milne challenges provisions set forth in Family Part orders dated March 10, 2011, March 23, 2011, and September 30, 2011, the latest of which was entered following our limited remand. Defendant Robert Goldenberg appeals from an April 29, 2011 order, which reallocated ... More...    $0 (09-21-2012 - NJ)

The law firm of Budd Larner, P.C. (Budd Larner) was one of three firms that represented plaintiff Edie Britman Sauro during this protracted matrimonial case. Budd Larner now appeals the Family Part's equitable distribution award, arguing that the manner in which the court allocated the parties' marital assets negatively affected the firm's attorney charging lien pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:13-5. Speci... More...    $0 (05-14-2012 - NJ)

The issues in this matrimonial action include whether, for purposes of determining alimony, it was appropriate to impute income to a party based on her beneficial interest in a discretionary support trust.


Plaintiff Mark Tannen and defendant Wendy Tannen were married for nearly eighteen years. During the marriage, Wendy’s parents settled an irrevocable, discretionary support trust wit... More...    $0 (12-15-2011 - NJ)

The issues in this matrimonial action include whether, for purposes of determining alimony, it was appropriate to impute income to a party based on her beneficial interest in a discretionary support trust.


Plaintiff Mark Tannen and defendant Wendy Tannen were married for nearly eighteen years. During the marriage, Wendy’s parents settled an irrevocable, discretionary support trust wit... More...    $0 (12-08-2011 - NJ)

After a divorce, applications by a custodial parent1 to relocate with the children are fairly common. For all their ubiquity, however, such requests present us with difficult and often heart-wrenching decisions.

Inevitably, upon objection by a noncustodial parent, there is a clash between the custodial parent’s interest in self-determination and the noncustodial parent’s interest in the... More...    $0 (02-08-2011 - NJ)

Plaintiff Lawrence Antonucci formerly practiced medicine with defendants Charles Shioleno, Domenick Randazzo and Nicholas Ricculli in a professional corporation known as Morris County Cardiology Consultants, P.A. (MCCC). MCCC is organized under "The Professional Service Corporation Act" (PSCA), N.J.S.A. 14A:17-1 to -18. Shioleno, Antonucci, Randazzo and Ricculli all held shares issued by M... More...    $0 (07-19-2010 - NJ)

Plaintiff Yaakov Abdelhak appeals from a Law Division order that dismissed his defamation complaint against defendants, The Jewish Press, Inc., Oleg Rivkin, Richard Scharlat and Gabrielle Tito, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, pursuant to Rule 4:6-2(a). The judge concluded that plaintiff's claims could not be resolved without excessive entanglement by the court and jury in issues of religi... More...    $0 (12-31-2009 - NJ)

Defendant Earl Johnson appeals from a judgment entered in the Family Part in favor of plaintiff Fiona Bayne for $384,000 in damages as palimony and from a separate award of $48,660 against both Earl and his wife, defendant Carolyn Johnson, representing a fifteen percent interest in real property located in North Bergen. Carolyn initially appealed the second portion of the judgment, but that appeal... More...    $0 (10-28-2008 - NJ)

In this case we analyze the reach of the “domestic relationsâ€� exception to diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The Supreme Court has emphasized the narrowness of this exception, explaining that it “encompasses only cases involving the issuance of a divorce, alimony, or child custody decree.â€� Ankenbrandt v. Richards, 504 U.S. 689, 704 (1992). Because the instant case does not in... More...    $0 (10-28-2008 - NJ)

In this quintessential palimony action, defendant Edward Diehl appeals from a December 6, 2005, judgment in favor of plaintiff Rosemary Connell awarding $107,494.40 in palimony, $70,000 as a return of an inheritance Connell received in 1997 and gave to Diehl and $15,000 in counsel fees, less a partial payment of $36,000 from Diehl to Connell after they separated. Connell cross-appeals f... More...    $0 (01-14-2008 - NJ)