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  • 1.  Monmouth / parenting mediation (post-judgment)

    Posted 12-30-2015 01:38 PM

    Parties have shared 50/50 custody for several years. Dad announced he's getting remarried and all of a sudden they can't agree on what time of day it is (e.g., when and where to transfer kids, what holiday schedule should be, etc). Mom has called police and claimed kidnapping, etc. The current agreement just says "the parties will equally share legal and residential custody" -- no specifics of any kind (some lawyer never heard the phrase "good fences make good neighbors", I guess).

    I'm doing a quick motion to either enact the proposed schedule dad is attaching (with a lot of detail on a parenting schedule), or, if the motion is opposed, to send them to mediation to set up a specific schedule.

    Question -- I essentially never go to Monmouth (this was a "repeat custody" who didn't want to accept suggestion he get local counsel, especially in Monmouth). Does Monmouth offer the free mediation services at the couthouse that Mercer / Burlington / Middlesex do? It's a post-judgment case. If not, is there an inexpensive mediation service (doesn't need to be an attorney, just someone with experience with high-conflict post-judgment parenting issues).

    Thanks,



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  • 2.  RE: Monmouth / parenting mediation (post-judgment)

    Posted 12-30-2015 02:00 PM

    Since it will take a while to get before a judge who will probably send it to mediation anyway why not start there in the first place? I suggest Sharon Beskin Goodman ACSW,LCSW,APM,LLC in Red Bank 732-842-2535. She receives quite a few court referrals for mediation and parenting coordination and many are high conflict couples.

     

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  • 3.  RE: Monmouth / parenting mediation (post-judgment)

    Posted 12-30-2015 02:16 PM

    Hi David,

     

    I believe every vicinage provides custody/parenting time mediation without charge, with the date set in the initial CMO.  The easiest way to find out lead times would be to call.  The number listed on the Judiciary website for Monmouth "Divorce/Custody/Mediation" is 732-677-4050.

     

    Good luck!

     

    Mariann

     

     

    Mariann C. Murphy, Esq.

    Law Office of Peter J. Laemers
    97 Main Street
    Newton, New Jersey 07860
    Office 973-383-7600
    Fax 973-383-0205