Legal Opinion
M. v. K.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided August 24, 1982PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KRAFTE, J. J. D. R. C.
(temporarily assigned).
There has arisen a novel question during the pendency of this custody dispute: Do the United States and New Jersey Constitutions1 allow a party to invoke a legislatively-created privi*366lege2 to prevent the admission of certain material evidence at a child custody hearing? There is a dearth of case law dealing with the privilege under consideration and no published New Jersey decision resolves either inquiry. Thus, we are compelled to do so today.
We begin with an examination of the history of this case.
Plaintiff, the father of the infant child of the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ginsberg v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Raleigh Fitkin-Paul Morgan Memorial Hospital v. AndersonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
- E v. T.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1973
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3Cited by1 opinion
- M. v. K.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1982