Abdelkader v. Hosny, 2018 WL 3579897 (App. Div. July 26, 2018).  In State in Interest of N.P., 453 N.J. Super. 480 (App. Div. 2018), discussed here, Judge Messano discussed the purpose of Rule 2:5-6(c).  That rule, which allows a trial judge to produce a supplementary statement of reasons for his or her decision following the filing of a motion for leave to appeal, permits the judge to “permit the trial judge to alert [the Appellate Division] to an issue that would benefit from our early intervention, not argue against our involvement.”  As Judge Messano also noted there, the...

Giarusso v. Giarusso, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion by Judge Geiger today involved an application for attorneys’ fees in a matrimonial matter by a well-known North Jersey firm.  The firm had represented the plaintiff wife in connection with post-judgment proceedings.  The firm rendered services to collect alimony and child support arrears from the defendant husband, as well as equitable distribution owed to the wife.  The wife did not pay any amounts to the firm after an initial $5,000 retainer. The firm sought over $99,000 in a post-judgment fee application, and...

The Supreme Court announced four more cases that will come before it.  The subject matters, and the paths that the cases took to reach the Court, are quite varied. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is a matter in which the Court agreed to address questions certified to it by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.  Those questions, unchanged from the way that the Third Circuit framed then, are “Does a life insurance policy that is procured to benefit persons without an insurable interest in the life of the insured violate the public policy of New Jersey, and if so,...