Articles in the ‘Experts’ Category

Recording Interviews with Experts

In this contested child custody proceeding, Judge Gilson who is assigned to the Family Division-Sussex County determined while a parent possesses the right to record his or her own interviews with their expert, a party does not have the right to compel the other party to record the interviews with their expert including when the children are evaluated by that expert.    Koch v. Koch, N.J.Super. (Ch. Div. 2012); Decided April 21, 2011/Approved for Publication March 16, 2012

Use of Forensic Accountant Instrumental to Determine Income

This case illustrates the use of services and testimony of a certified forensic accountant being instrumental to the court to determine actual income for support purposes.  Tuman v. Tuman, New Jersey App. Div., January 21, 2011

Strong Endorsement for Parent Coordinators

The Appellate Division upheld the trial court’s determination awarding a parent coordinator $51,000 for fees responding to a disgruntled parent’s complaints about the PC’s services rendered.  The Court was particularly critical of the tactics employed by the litigant finding the position being taken refusing to pay the fees as ”baseless.”     Segal v. Lynch, New Jersey App. Div., January 31, 2011