PIERCE v. PIERCE


122 N.J. Super. 359 (1973)

300 A.2d 568

PAULETTA PIERCE (GLOUCESTER COUNTY WELFARE BOARD), PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. AUGUSTUS PIERCE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Carl S. Bisgaier argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Frederick W. Schmidt, Jr., of counsel; Mr. Robert A. Slapin, on the brief; Mr. David H. Dugan, III, Director, Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc., attorney).

Mr. Charles J. Sprigman, Jr., Assistant County Counsel, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. John L. White, Gloucester County Counsel, attorney).

Before Judges FRITZ, LYNCH and HANDLER.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal springs from that which defendant characterizes — entirely erroneously — in his notice of appeal as a "contempt order." Such a mistake was undoubtedly induced part by the statement of the judge below, "I find him [defendant] guilty of contempt of Court."

The appeal is actually from an order on application for enforcement of litigant's rights, so denominated in its heading, and entitled in the matrimonial cause which bottoms...

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