SIMPKINS v. SAIANI


811 A.2d 474 (2002)

356 N.J. Super. 26

Rickie SIMPKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Adolfo SAIANI, Defendant-Respondent, and Manuel R. Santos and State Farm Insurance Co., Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirsch, Gelband & Stone, Newark, for appellant (Gregg Alan Stone, on the brief).

Respondent did not file a brief.

David Samson, Attorney General, attorney for amicus curiae Administrative Office of the Courts (Patrick DeAlmeida, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel; Pamela E. Gellert, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges WEFING, LISA and FUENTES.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

LISA, J.A.D.

This appeal requires us to interpret the meaning of the term "net proceeds" in N.J.S.A. 2A:17-56.23b, enacted on August 14, 2000. L. 2000, c. 81. The statute provides that a docketed child support judgment constitutes a lien against the net proceeds of any recovery by way of settlement, judgment or arbitration award arising out of a civil claim, or an inheritance or a workers' compensation...

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