Legal Opinion
Sajjad v. Cheema
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided August 30, 2012PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
LIHOTZ, J.A.D.
Incident to the divorce of these parties to an international marriage, we review a jurisdictional dispute as it relates to custody of the parties’ child, considering the application of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), N.J.S.A. 2A:34-53 to -95, and the doctrine of comity. Plaintiff Sadia Sajjad filed her dissolution complaint in New Jersey following the initiation of divorce and custody proceedings in Pakistan by defendant Sajjad Ahmad Cheema. The trial court dismissed plaintiffs divorce complaint with…
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