Opinion
DOCKET NO. A-2430-12T4
07-24-2014
CLAUDE TOWNSEND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KARLA TOWNSEND, Defendant-Respondent.
Claude Townsend, appellant pro se. Karla Townsend, respondent pro se.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE
APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION
Before Judges Fisher and Grall.
On appeal from Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Mercer County, Docket No. FM-11-711-97.
Claude Townsend, appellant pro se.
Karla Townsend, respondent pro se. PER CURIAM
Plaintiff Claude Townsend appeals the denial of his motion seeking: 1) reconsideration of a September 14, 2012 order fixing child support arrears and denying his request for a modification of his child support obligation payable to his former wife, defendant Karla L. Townsend and 2) modification of his child support obligation. The order at issue was entered on January 18, 2013. Because plaintiff has failed to provide this court with those parts of the trial court record "essential to the proper consideration of the issues," we affirm. See R. 2:6-1(a)(1)(I); Soc'y Hill Condo Ass'n, Inc. v. Soc'y Hill Assocs., 347 N.J. Super. 163, 177-78 (App. Div. 2002).
The January 18, 2013 order indicates that arrears were fixed in an order entered on September 14, 2012. In the January 18, 2013 order, the judge explained that plaintiff previously sought and was denied reconsideration of the order fixing arrears on November 30, 2012, and the judge further indicated that he was denying reconsideration because plaintiff did not establish grounds for that relief. The judge also explained that he was denying plaintiff's new request for modification of child support because the information plaintiff submitted was available to him when he filed his previous motions.
The only documents plaintiff has submitted to this court on appeal are 1) the parties' dual final judgment of divorce entered on July 7, 1998; 2) a certification plaintiff submitted on a prior unidentified cross-motion; 3) a letter from his union dated September 13, 2009; 4) the order entered on January 18, 2013; 5) a letter from a private school to plaintiff dated January 29, 2013; and 6) his child support payment history dated February 26, 2013. Defendant's appendix is no more helpful. It includes an unpublished opinion of this court on a prior appeal from an order entered on August 29, 2008, copies of the January 2013 letter plaintiff submitted, the order provided by plaintiff, and a statement detailing payments of child support made to defendant from plaintiff's account that post-dates the last order.
Affirmed.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original on file in my office.
CLERK OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION