Prepared by the Court:
) SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY
MERCER COUNTY BOARD OF ) CHANCERY DIVISION:FAMILY PART
SOCIAL SERVICES o/b/o ) MERCER COUNTY
CASSANDRA D. RICKS, )
) DOCKET NO. FD-11-1012-06
Plaintiff, )
) CIVIL ACTION
vs. )
)
REVEL FOWLER, defendant ) ORDER
and CRYSTAL FOWLER, )
Intervenor. )
This matter having been opened to the court by Gibbons, P.C., attorneys for Crystal Fowler f/k/a Crystal Hernandez (Lawrence S. Lustberg, Esq. and Melanca Clark, Esq., appearing) by motion for summary judgment; and the Mercer County Board of Social Services (Thomas W. Sumners, Jr., Esq. appearing) having filed a cross-motion for summary judgment; and defendant having appeared by David Perry Davis, Esq.; and the Cassandra D. Ricks, having appeared by Central Jersey Legal Services, Inc. (Leslie Chappo, Esq, appearing),
And the court having considered the papers on file and having heard oral argument on August 2, 2007, and for the reasons set forth in the court’s written opinion and for other good cause shown,
IT IS on this 4th day of December 2007 ORDERED that:
1. On its own motion, nunc pro tunc, Crystal Fowler is granted permission to intervene, and the court appoints Lawrence Lustberg, Esq., as guardian ad litem for Crystal Fowler.
2. Crystal Fowler’s motion for summary judgment is granted. Cassandra Ricks’s purported assignment of child support payable by Revel Fowler to Cassandra Ricks for the benefit Crystal Fowler is void. All child support due from Revel Fowler to Cassandra Ricks for the benefit of Crystal Fowler shall be paid through Probation by wage garnishment to Cassandra Ricks for the benefit of Crystal Fowler.
3. The cross-motion for summary judgment of the Mercer County Board of Social Services is denied.
4. Revel Fowler shall pay child support for Crystal Fowler in the amount of $83 a week, and pay an additional $10 a week in arrears until all arrears are satisfied. He shall also provide health insurance for his Probation shall calculate arrears due from Revel Fowler to Cassandra Ricks, crediting him with (a) $270 a month up to September 20, 2006, and (b) $50 a month from May 1, 2007 consistent with the court’s April 27, 2007 order directing Mr. Fowler to pay $50 directly to Ms. Ricks, provided Mr. Fowler provides proof to Probation of such $50 payments.
5. The parties shall have fourteen days after receipt of Probation’s calculation to register any objections to the arrears calculation. Absent any objections, the arrears calculation shall become final.
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Mitchel E. Ostrer, J.S.C.
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