V.C. v. M.J.B.


725 A.2d 13 (1999)

319 N.J. Super. 103

V.C., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M.J.B., Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin T. Wernik, Matawan, for plaintiff-appellant (Granata, Wernik & Zaccardi, attorneys; Ms. Wernik, of counsel and on the brief).

Anne W. Elwell, Montclair, for defendant-respondent (Elwell and Albino, attorneys; Ms. Elwell, on the brief).

Brief was filed by amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Families of New Jersey (David M. Wildstein of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge, attorney; David Rocah, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, and Michael Adams, Leslie Cooper and Matthew Coles, ACLU Foundation, on the brief).

Before Judges STERN, BRAITHWAITE and WECKER.


The judgment of the court was announced in an opinion by STERN, P.J.A.D.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Family Part entered on September 18, 1998 which denied her request for joint legal custody of J.B. and J.M.B, "terminated" her visitation with the children and "cease[d] immediately" "all further contact between the plaintiff and the children of defendant." We denied a stay but accelerated the appeal.

Before us plaintiff V.C. argues that the denial...

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