Are foreign judgments of divorce valid in the great state of New Jersey?
People from every country come to New Jersey to pursue their dreams and to escape financial and personal problems. They bring with them the baggage of unsatisfied obligations for support, unsatisfied obligations for support, unresolved child custody disputes, and unpaid property settlements. Many times an ex-spouse and lovers follow the scofflaws here with their foreign courts orders to collect what is owed to them. The challenge for the New Jersey lawyer is to enforce a foreign court order issued under an alien court system with different rules, procedures, and legal standards. It is also important to emphasize that life in modern America has changed drastically since the 70’s. Two facts about modern life have created a vexing problem for the modern family court systems. First, more than 50% of all marriages end in divorce. Consequently, there is a tremendous demand for a fast, painless, and inexpensive divorce of a marriage. Second, Americans can travel quickly and relatively inexpen
