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1 Lawrence Watkins, Jr. v. Beverly Nelson and Kevin M. Nelson -- rank: 1000

... to him and they immediately started legal proceedings, presumably under N.J.S.A. 9:2-5, to be appointed guardians of Chantel. Throughout the ensuing three ... 1. The statute under which the guardianship complaint was filed, N.J.S.A. 9:2-5, precludes an automatic award of custody to a surviving parent ... in an action for guardianship of a child pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:2-5. Notwithstanding the fact that Larry had executed the Certificate of ... custody dispute between a biological parent and a third party, N.J.S.A. 9:2-5. That statute provides:     In case of the death of the ... the case and the benefit of the children shall require. [ N.J.S.A. 9:2-5]. The statute does not require prior court approval for a ... appoint a guardian until that determination can be made. Whereas N.J.S.A. 9:2-5 precludes the surviving non custodial parent's automatic accession ...

docket:	a-11-99
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2000-04-06
status:
citation:	163 N.J. 235
Document Size:	166529

2 ANDREW FAUCETT -- rank: 859

... s request for custody and filed an action pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:2-5 seeking an order granting them custody of their granddaughter. 6 ... the case and the benefit of the child[] shall require. [N.J.S.A. 9:2-5.] A-2945-08T1 18 The child's best interest rebuts ...

docket:	a2945-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2009-12-17
status:	published
citation:	411 N.J. Super. 108 984 A.2d 460
Document Size:	72921

3 JERSEY XIAOBING WANG v. JIAN ZHANG -- rank: 832

... of the usual custody case. We are less certain that N.J.S.A. 9:2-5, 9 is applicable here. Jeremy's parents were about to ... the case and the benefit of the children shall require. [ N.J.S.A. 9:2-5.] This archive is a service of Rutgers School of Law ...

docket:	a3899-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-01-13
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	82365

4 C.Y.R. v. C.M. -- rank: 779

... 16T2 judge referenced N.J.S.A. 9:2-4, N.J.S.A. 9:2-5, and N.J.S.A. 9:2- 9, without specifically ... and there is no other person, legal guardian or 6 N.J.S.A. 9:2-5 provides as follows, in pertinent part: In case of the ...

docket:	a2764-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-06-13
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	82952

5 LAWRENCE WATKINS, JR. VS BEVERLY & KEVIN NELSON -- rank: 740

... Part principally because this case deals with legal custody under N.J.S.A. 9:2-5, not with the termination of parental rights. I write separately ... constitutes sufficient basis to overcome the presumption that custody in N.J.S.A. 9:2-5 cases should rest with the surviving parent.     As suggested in ... D.T. , 200 N.J. Super. 171 (App. Div. 1985), N.J.S.A. 9:2-5 implicitly conveys a presumption that custody be granted to the ... My colleague, Judge Landau, notes in his concurring opinion that " N.J.S.A. 9:2-5 implicitly conveys a presumption that custody be granted to the ...

docket:	a4552-97
court:	njappellate
decided:	1999-05-28
status:	published
citation:	321 N.J.Super. 482
Document Size:	73727

6 IN THE MATTER OF ROSA CRISTINA QUEIRO -- rank: 719

... surviving parent to the appointment. The judge then referred to N.J.S.A. 9:2-5, as "speak[ing] to the procedure that the court is ... developed under Title 9 of the New Jersey statutes, particularly N.J.S.A. 9:2-5, dealing with the death of the parent having custody of ...

docket:	a3705-03
court:	njappellate
decided:	2005-01-14
status:	published
citation:	374 N.J. Super. 299
Document Size:	38094

7 DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES v. E.R.C and J.S and V.V., R.A.R.L -- rank: 716

... one of the biological parents, and involved an interpretation of N.J.S.A. 9:2-5, which deals with that subject, we do not construe Watkins ...

docket:	a6168-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-04-08
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	33976

8 STATE OF NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES v. G.S. -- rank: 588

... by the MGPS. Moreover, G.S. made no demand under N.J.S.A. 9:2-5 for custody of A.S. as her surviving parent or ... and the maternal grandparents. The Court held that pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:2-5 a presumption exists in favor of a surviving biological parent ...

docket:	a5425-05
court:	njappellate
decided:	2007-05-23
status:	unpublished
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	72832

9 LORENE HARGROVE v. DONNELL L. HASSELL, II -- rank: 546

... one of the natural parents, and involved an interpretation of N.J.S.A. 9:2-5, which deals with that subject, we do not construe Watkins ...

docket:	a5642-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-05-20
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	37311

10 JOHN APOSTOLIDIS v. ANASTASIA TAGIDOU -- rank: 513

... Watkins v. Nelson , 163 N.J. 235 , 243 (2000) (citing N.J.S.A. 9:2-5; Todd v. Sheridan , 268 N.J. Super. 387 , 397-98 ...

docket:	a6202-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-10-15
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	23381