Dever v. Howell

FASCIALE, J.A.D.

*302*871Plaintiff appeals from an August 15, 2017 order entered after a bench trial requiring that he return the parties' children to New Jersey from South Carolina. Judge James H. Pickering, Jr. conducted the trial, entered the order, and rendered a sixty-six page written decision. He concluded that plaintiff unlawfully removed the children from New Jersey without first complying with N.J.S.A. 9:2-2.

Plaintiff gave defendant less than one day's notice about the move, and although defendant objected, plaintiff moved to South Carolina without first obtaining an order permitting the…