D.B. v. R.B.


279 N.J. Super. 405 (1995)

652 A.2d 1254

D.B., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. R.B., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore R. Bohn argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Bohn on the brief).

R.B. argued the cause pro se (Mr. B. filed a pro se brief).

Marsha Wenk, Legal Director, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey.

Before Judges PRESSLER, LANDAU and CONLEY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CONLEY, J.A.D.

This appeal arises from the trial judge's exercise of his discretion to decline original jurisdiction over the parties' custody dispute concerning their four-year-old child in favor of the exercise of original jurisdiction by the Virginia courts. We affirm.

Although complicated to some extent by an investigation in Virginia of a claim of sexual abuse involving the child and her mother and the mother...

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