Negociating Through Pre-Indictment Conferences in New Jersey
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Understanding Pre-Indictment Conferences in New Jersey

March 24, 2022

If you have been charged with a serious criminal offense in New Jersey, there are a number of different routes the prosecutor may take. In New Jersey, serious criminal charges, which are called “felonies” in other states but are delineated by degrees of indictable offenses in New Jersey, are heard by a grand jury. However, a prosecutor assigned to your case may offer you an opportunity to bring the case to a close when you appear at a pre-indictment conference, […]

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Hearsay in NJ Family and Matrimonial Law: Nothing But the Truth

March 19, 2022

Hearsay is defined as non cross-examined piece of evidence offered during a trial or hearing process. Here’s How it Works in New Jersey. When confronted with the term “hearsay,” most people assume it is not allowed in court. That is not the case. Hearsay is evidence that depends on the credibility of someone who cannot be cross-examined in the courtroom. It can be written, verbal, or nonverbal. When the original laws on hearsay were created, they were extremely narrow, so […]

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DWI Checkpoints in New Jersey

March 14, 2022

Discuss with a Skilled DUI Lawyer the Steps the Police Must Follow at NJ DWI Checkpoints Though the United States and New Jersey constitutions forbid the state to stop, frisk, search or seize property from an individual without probable cause to believe the individual is involved with a crime or a warrant, DUI checkpoints are legal in New Jersey. In Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz (1990), the Supreme Court ruled that checkpoints do not violate the constitution’s Fourth Amendment […]

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How Divorce Affects Health Insurance Benefits in NJ

March 9, 2022

If you are facing the divorce process and your health insurance coverage comes from your spouse’s insurance, you may find yourself uninsured once the divorce is final. You are getting a divorce, and there is so much to keep up with:  the children, custody, the house, alimony, child support; it can all seem overwhelming. To add insult to injury, you must get health insurance because, after the divorce, you and your partner cannot share the policy they receive from their […]

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Irreconcilable Differences in the Context of New Jersey Divorce

March 4, 2022

Experienced Family Lawyers Discuss Irreconcilables Differences in Divorce in Passaic County NJ In some cases, divorcing individuals in New Jersey choose to state the grounds for their divorce based on fault. Some reasons for fault-based divorce are extreme mental or physical cruelty, adultery, imprisonment, sexual deviancy, drug addiction, institutionalization, or alcoholism. Since marriage is a legal contract of two people joining their lives to share what married people ought to as a union, divorce reasons include conditions and behaviors that […]

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