Custody Exchanges During COVID-19

March 23, 2020 |

Submitted by New Jersey Family Law Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. For those parents under Court Order or agreement to conduct child custody exchanges regularly, the COVID-19  crisis complicates matters. Are you in violation of a Court Order or parenting time agreement if you refuse to partake in a custody exchange because of fear of contracting the…

Request to Commute or Suspend Certain County Jail Sentences

March 22, 2020 |

https://www.criminalcivillawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/Request-to-Commute-or-Suspend-Certain-County-Jail-Sentences.pdf Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark This matter having come before the Court on the request for relief by the Office of the Public Defender (see attached letter dated March 19, 2020), seeking the Court’s consideration of a proposed Order to Show Cause (see attached) designed to commute or suspend county jail…

Executive Order directs businesses, including law firms, to operate with limited in-office operations; urges workforces to telework

March 22, 2020 |

By NJSBA Staff posted yesterday Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Gov. Phil Murphy ordered all non-essential retail businesses in New Jersey to close by 9 p.m. tonight in hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19. Murphy issued an executive order today that directs almost all residents of the state to stay at…

New Jersey Suspension of Workers’ Compensation Court due to COVID19

March 16, 2020 |

Read the full memo here.

NEW JERSEY COURT OPERATIONS – COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS:

March 16, 2020 |

RESCHEDULING OF IN-COURT PROCEEDINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2020; CONTINUATION OF ALL CRITICAL FUNCTIONS This notice announces additional statewide steps by the New Jersey courts to address the ongoing public health crisis surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus. These actions are taken in consultation with the New Jersey Department of Health to protect…

State v. Pierre

March 15, 2020 |

Docket No. A-0634-19T6 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Defendant was arrested on September 19, 2019, and charged with disorderly-persons resisting arrest, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2(a)(1), and fourth-degree criminal mischief, N.J.S.A. 2C:17-3(a)(1). The next day, the State moved for pretrial detention. To establish probable cause at the detention hearing, the State relied only on the…

Chief Justice Rabner Announces Two-Week Suspension of Municipal Court Sessions

March 15, 2020 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Municipal court sessions will be suspended for two weeks, beginning Monday, to mitigate public exposure to COVID-19 coronavirus, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced today. For the two-week period from Monday, March 16 to Friday, March 27, individuals scheduled to appear before a Municipal Court to contest a…

What is “Negligence” for the purpose of a car crash”

March 6, 2020 |

JEAN-PIERRE THERRIEN v. LYNDA BLOW,  Decided March 4, 2020 (Not Approved for Publication and Shall Not Be binding on any trial court) Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Facts:  Plaintiff, Jean-Pierre Therrien, an on duty Metuchen police officer observed a disabled motor vehicle with its hazard lights activated blocking the intersection of Grove Avenue…

Two Minors Charged in Tik Tok “Skullbreaker Challenge”

March 4, 2020 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Camden, N.J. — Two minors have been charged with third-degree Aggravated Assault and third-degree Endangering an Injured Victim for their participation in the Tik Tok “Skullbreaker Challenge” that injured another minor resulting in a seizure, closed head injury and concussion. Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer…

Green Light Law – Responsibility in Motor Vehicle Accidents

March 4, 2020 |

Wegner v. Derrico DOCKET NO. A-4910-17T2 Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark   This case at first resembles a classic case of “who had the green light” turned into a question of what information can be brought to trial to prove the right of way. Defendant was heading south as Plaintiff…