Case Name: LOUIS SCHMITT, PLAINTIFF, v. CATHERINE SCHMITT, DEFENDANT
Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1950-08-31
Citations: 9 N.J. Super. 470
Docket Number: 
Parties: LOUIS SCHMITT, PLAINTIFF, v. CATHERINE SCHMITT, DEFENDANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Superior Court Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 470–471

Head Matter:
LOUIS SCHMITT, PLAINTIFF, v. CATHERINE SCHMITT, DEFENDANT.
Superior Court of New Jersey Chancery Division
Decided August 31, 1950.
Mr. Joseph P. Hawaiian, attorney for plaintiff.
Mr. August IP: Hecicman, attorney for defendant.

Opinion:
Hegakty, A. M.
The question here involved is whether plaintiff may amend his complaint for divorce to set forth an act of adultery alleged to have occurred since the filing of the answer to the original complaint. Before thé.new Rules were adopted it appears that the proper procedure was to dismiss the original complaint and institute a new action. Smith v. Smith, 21 N. J. Misc. 273, and cases cited therein. However the clear and broad language of Buie 3 :84-4, "In any action for divorce, an amendment to the complaint may be allowed to set forth a cause of action which has arisen or become known since the filing of the original complaint," forces the conclusion that such an amendment may now be allowed. Such an interpretation seems in keeping with the progressive liberality of the Rules and, therefore, plaintiff's application to amend the complaint is granted.
Appropriate order may be presented after the same has been submitted to counsel for approval.