Ex-Wife May Not Distribute Memoir in Which She Accuses Ex-Husband of Abuse, Because That May Harm Child

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46% : See, e.g., Borra v. Borra (N.J. Super. 2000) (finding an injunction against a father's efforts to contest a mother's application for country club membership was proper in light of the state's parens patriae interest in the welfare of the children, which was threatened by the parents' conflict over the membership; although the father had a First Amendment right to speak his mind freely, "New Jersey courts have consistently recognized that the 'best interests' of the children can be made paramount to other fundamental rights").
44% : ...} The family court concluded that publication of the book violated the court's past orders, "including provisions against making derogatory comments about the other in any manner whereby Minor Child might learn of same, failing to keep Minor Child in a moral and safe environment, conduct detrimental to Minor Child, and allowing Minor Child access to age inappropriate material, and held Mother in criminal and civil contempt.

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