SMITH v. SMITH


879 A.2d 768 (2004)

379 N.J. Super. 447

Karla R. SMITH, Plaintiff, v. Scott G. SMITH, Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Supplemented: April 18, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Durst, II, Princeton, for plaintiff (Stark & Stark, attorney).

Barbara Ulrichsen and Derek M. Freed, Lawrenceville, for defendant, (Fox Rothschild, attorney).

Jeffrey K. Epstein and Brian G. Paul, Lawrenceville, for movants, parents of plaintiff1 (Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, Blader & Lehmann, attorney).


SABATINO, J.S.C.

In this divorce action presently on trial, the parents of the plaintiff-wife have moved to seal portions of the proceedings pursuant to R. 5:3-2(b). The thrust of the motion is that the movants may suffer reputational harm as the result of allegations made in this case by their son-in-law, the defendant.

The resolution of the motion requires the court to apply the "good cause" standard for sealing under Rule 5:3-2(b), a provision...

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