Minsavage v. Board of Trustees, Teachers’ Pension & Annuity Fund, ___ N.J. ___ (2019). This per curiam opinion addressed the question “whether a widow can modify the retirement application of her recently deceased husband, who was a member of the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (Pension Fund), even though his application was never approved because he selected a retirement option for which he was ultimately ineligible.” The Board had ruled against the widow (“Christine”), the plaintiff here, and the Appellate Division affirmed. The Supreme Court, however,...

A.J. v. R.J., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). This opinion by Judge Mawla involved a primary custodial parent (plaintiff) who, due to a rent increase at her Elizabeth residence, moved over 60 miles away to Mount Holly. Her ex-husband (defendant) complained that that move, made without real notice to him, violated the parties’ marital settlement agreement and interfered with his parenting time, since he lived in Union, near where his ex-wife had resided. When plaintiff did not move back to the Elizabeth area despite a court order to do so, defendant got an order from the Family...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in two more cases, one civil appeal and one criminal matter. Both of the new appeals involve issues of expert testimony, and both resulted in published opinions at the Appellate Division level. In State v. G.E.P., which actually involves four consolidated cases, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Does the Court’s holding in State v. J.L.G., 234 N.J. 265 (2018), concerning the admissibility of expert testimony about Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome, apply retroactively...