Catabran v. Catabran, was decided on June 16, 2016.  The appellate court affirmed the Morris County Family Part opinion that the parties settlement agreement to share the children’s college costs equally is enforceable.  The case evolved from an issue arising post divorce (known as post-judgment dissolution matter).  The parties settlement agreement stated clearly that the “net college cost will be split equally by both parties.”  The appellate court held that absent changed circumstances, where parents’

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Decided on January 13, 2016, both parties being represented by counsel, in Matison v. Lisnyansky, the court imposed the legal doctrine of fugitive disentitlement to dismiss defendant’s appeal while a bench warrant for unpaid child support. The legal doctrine of fugitive disentitlement is the balancing of justice, that is, a fugitive from justice may not seek relief from the judicial system whose authority he or she evades.

The parties in Matison v. Lisnyansky had two children born in 2004.  

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