When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When in the United States, do as we do. Members of our civilization have the responsibility, as the word implies, to act civilly toward one another. And courts are empowered with the authority, and indeed the obligation, to enforce that responsibility.

If a trial court doesn’t do so, it gets reversed. Which is what happened in S.D. v. M.J.R. , 415 N.J. Super. 417 (App. Div. 2010).

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