TINA L. CALLOWAY v. C. ANRIQUE FREEMAN

 

NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE

APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

APPELLATE DIVISION

DOCKET NO. A-2217-05T1F2217-05T1

TINA L. CALLOWAY,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

C. ANRIQUE FREEMAN,

Defendant-Respondent.

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Submitted on November 1, 2006 - Decided November 27, 2006

Before Judges Winkelstein and Baxter.

On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Burlington County, FD-03-1510-95-W.

Tina L. Calloway, appellant pro se.

C. Anrique Freeman, respondent, did not file a brief.

PER CURIAM

Tina Calloway appeals from an order entered by the Family Part as a result of a telephonic hearing conducted on October 1, 2005. The court asserted jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, (UCCJEA), N.J.S.A. 2A:34-53 to -95. At the hearing, Judge Cynthia Covie-Leese entered an order requiring plaintiff to provide defendant with the following within ten days: plaintiff's address and telephone number; the address and telephone number of her employer; the names and social security number(s) of all occupants of her home; names, addresses and telephone numbers of doctors and dentists who are treating, or have treated, the parties' son Christian; the names of all schools that Christian has attended, or is attending; and copies of school records and/or records substantiating home schooling.

In addition, the judge found that plaintiff had violated prior court orders that granted parenting time to defendant, and that she had removed Christian from New Jersey without consent of defendant and without an order of the court, in violation of N.J.S.A. 9:2-2 and the Supreme Court's holding in Baures v. Lewis, 167 N.J. 91 (2001). The judge accordingly sanctioned plaintiff, pursuant to Rule 5:3-7(a), and ordered her to: provide defendant with compensatory parenting time over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays; pay for Christian's plane tickets back and forth to California during the aforementioned holidays; provide six weeks of parenting time over the summer, on sixty days advance notice, as provided by prior orders; and cooperate with "liberal telephone contact" at least once per week, along with e-mail contact, if such exists. The court also "lifted . . . the hold on [the] child support account." Pursuant to the terms of the UCCJEA, the court retained jurisdiction.

Judge Covie-Leese's opinion thoroughly analyzes the facts, and reaches proper conclusions of law. Plaintiff's arguments to the contrary are without merit and do not warrant discussion in a written opinion. R. 2:11-3(e)(1)(A),(E). We affirm substantially for the reasons set forth by Judge Covie-Leese in her oral opinion of October 12, 2005.

Affirmed.

 

Defendant did not file a brief or participate in this appeal.

Plaintiff resided in Georgia and defendant in California. The judge administered an oath to both before proceeding to take testimony.

Although plaintiff also initially appealed from an order entered on February 1, 2006, she withdrew her challenge to that order when she was unable to pay the transcript deposit fee required by Rule 2:5-3(d). Accordingly, only the October 12, 2005 order is before us.

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