New Jersey Divorce and Family Lawyer Blog
The first Tuesday of every November serves as Election Day in New Jersey and across the United States. Immigration, both legal and illegal, continues to be controversial issue in current elections. On Election Day Eve, November 2, 2015, the New Jersey Appellate Division published their Opinion in OYPC v. JCP, — N.J.Super. — (App. Div. 2015), addressing the issues of immigration and custody. In the case, an older sibling petitioned the court to gain custody of her eighteen year old brother. Her brother was born in Guatemala, where the father’s name was not listed on the boy’s birth certificate, nor was the father involved in the boy’s life. The boy’s biological mother (JCP) never disclosed to the child that he was his mother. Rather, after the boy was born, JCP turned the boy over to his 17 year old sister (OYPC) to be raised as her own child, and JCP pretended to be the boy’s grandmother. The sister (OYPC) cared for both the boy and her mother (JCP), and OYPC also supported the family. Continue reading ›