Smith-Megote v. Craig Hospital

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• recognizing the need for appellate relief when a trial court's decision is made without a rational explanation, has inexplicably departed from established policies, or has rested upon an impermissible basis
• noting that the guardian ad litem is to have \no perceived bias in favor of one parent's position because [his or her] role is to act on behalf of the court and present the best interests of the children\
• explaining Rule 1:10-3 permits entry of an order compelling a \disobedient party['s]\ compliance with \a prior order\
• applying an abuse of discretion standard in reviewing a remedy imposed to enforce an order
• noting appellate courts \accord great deference to discretionary decisions of Family Part judges\
• first quoting Hand v. Hand, 391 N.J. Super. 102, 111 A-2908-18 22 (App. Div. 2007); and then quoting Flagg v. Essex Cnty. Prosecutor, 171 N.J. 561, 571 (2002)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).