LERMAN v. LERMAN


245 N.J. Super. 312 (1990)

585 A.2d 425

ADRIANNE LERMAN, PLAINTIFF, v. DAVID S. LERMAN, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division Family Part, Bergen County.

Decided June 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. O'Donnell for plaintiff (Skoloff & Wolffe, attorneys).

Herman J. Ziegler for defendant (Greenberg & Margolis, attorneys).


KRAFTE, J.S.C.

Under what circumstances may an adverse party in a matrimonial action be called as a witness and to what extent shall that testimony be binding? This court holds not only that an adverse party may be called as a witness, but that such witness shall be deemed "hostile per se," thus triggering all concomitant means of examination permissible under the law.

In lay terms, "hostile" is "of or pertaining to an enemy; antagonistic." The American...

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