IN RE MENG


871 A.2d 182 (2004)

376 N.J. Super. 641

In the Matter of Ashley C. MENG.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Middlesex County (Civil).

September 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Moditz, legal guardian for Ashley C. Meng, pro se.

Mattleman, Weinroth & Miller, Camden, for Richard W. Metricarti's adoptive parents (Louis G. Guzzo, on the brief).


BERMAN, J.S.C.

The question sub judice is whether this court has jurisdiction over a Pennsylvania child because that child's half-sister lives in New Jersey. The issue arises in the following factual setting.

Ashley C. Meng (hereinafter referred to as "Ashley") and Richard W. Metricarti (hereinafter referred to as "Richard") are half-siblings; they share the same mother. Ashley, age nine, lives with her biological father here (Middlesex County), and...

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