C.M. v. J.M.


726 A.2d 998 (1999)

320 N.J. Super. 119

C.M., Plaintiff, v. J.M., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff, v. W.P., Third-Party Defendant.

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

Decided January 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Seigerman for plaintiff (Celantano, Stadmauer & Walentowicz, Clifton, attorneys), not appearing for within motion.

August J. Landi, Red Bank, for defendantthird-party plaintiff (August J. Landi, P.C., attorney).

Richard H. Singer, Jr., Livingston, for third-party defendant (Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C., attorneys).


LOCASCIO, J.S.C.

What happens when a husband is led to believe that children born during his marriage are his own, when, in fact, they are products of an ongoing affair between his wife and her paramour? This case examines the "Heart Balm" Act, the "outrageousness" required for a Ruprecht emotional distress claim, and whether such a claim extends to a non-spouse who is concededly the biological father of such children.

On February 27, 1998, plaintiff...

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