Dave, last year, in Morris, I defended a motion to modify an Arizona divorce decree under UIFSA. The movant was able to register the decree and obtain an FM docket number by motion only (with the $250 fee). No complaint was filed. We didn't challenge jurisdiction, because we wanted to counter. I would talk to your peeps in the Mercer Family Clerk's office.
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Chatham NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-31-2013 18:09
From: David Perry Davis
Subject: Domesticating foreign state judgment
I need to have an Ohio divorce judgment domesticated into NJ so I can amend it and permit Wife to change her surname. I discussed it in general terms with the judge it'll be before, who said this would be permissible rather than going through the name change statute.
I haven't done this in many years and was told there was a change. I thought the proper procedure was to send a certified copy to the Supreme Court in Trenton. I'm being told that, no, an FM case (with $250 filing fee) should be filed in the county where she now lives, with a copy of the foreign judgment attached.
Anyone done this?
If it's a county-to-county issue, this is in Mercer.
Thanks,
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- Dave
David Perry Davis, Esq.
112 West Franklin Avenue
Pennington, NJ 08534
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Fax: 609-737-3222
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