NJ Supreme Court Rules on Fees in Custody Battle

The New Jersey Supreme Court says a father in a custody dispute must pay a parenting coordinator some of -- but not all -- the costs his grievances caused her to incur.

The court ruled Thursday that Moses Segal of Toronto must pay family coordinator Linda Schofel for time she spent giving depositions in response to his complaints. But the court said the retired developer does not have to pay Schofel, who practices law in Roseland, for time she spent as a lawyer representing herself.

The ruling is the latest fallout in a legal battle that has lasted more than a decade since Segal and common-law wife Cynthia Lynch of Long Hill, N.J., separated.

Courts ordered him to pay more than $10 million in support. He later sued her, claiming she had turned their children against him.

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