Lawyers serving South Jersey
Every May the New Jersey State Bar Association holds its Annual Meeting in Atlantic City. During this 3 day conference over a thousand New Jersey lawyers gather to learn cutting edge legal practices and techniques. This years conference is at the Borgata and offers over 12 hours of substantive learning for practicing lawyers. These legal seminars are grouped according to practice areas. One of the most popular practice areas [...]
Camden Vicinage Superior Court Presents Law Day Expo May 1st is Law Day; a national celebration of the Rule of Law in this county. The Library of Congress has a fairly extensive overview of Law Day in the United States. This years celebration of the rule of law will include a free exposition in the city of [...]
Police Need a Warrant to Search a Home when Investigating a Noise Violation The New Jersey Supreme Court recently upheld an Appellate Division decision which held that individuals hosting a party had a reasonable expectation of privacy, which prohibited police officers from conducting a warrantless search of the Defendant’s house. In State of New Jersey [...]
Owners of Vacant Commercial Buildings Have a Duty to Maintain and Repair Adjacent Sidewalks There can be no doubt: we are currently facing hard economic realities. Businesses are struggling, and as a result, many have been forced to close their doors. However, just because a business is no longer viable and open to the [...]
At DeMichele and DeMichele, we are constantly monitoring the progress of legislation in both the state legislature and in the court of public opinion whenever a particular piece of legislation has the potential to affect our clients. In the past month, New Jersey Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco (Morris, Somerset) announced that he will introduce legislation to “increase the [...]
“I promise to support you” is worthless unless it is in writing. Palimony is when one person in a non-marital relationship seeks to enforce either a promise for support or a promise for property against the other party. On January 18, 2010 New Jersey’s statute of frauds laws were changed to specifically bar palimony claims [...]
Yesterday, New Jersey’s District Court Chief Judge, Jerome B. Simandle, released a Notice to the Bar regarding proposed local court rule changes. The proposed rule changes primarily deal with Social Security matters. The proposed rule changes are the recommendations of the Court’s Local Social Security Rule Committee. The proposed rule changes primarily deal with the filing [...]
Conviction Overturned Because the Prosecutor Violated the Fifth Amendment. Anyone that’s ever watched a police drama on television knows that when a defendant is taken into custody they “… have the right to remain silent and that anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law…”. That famous quote [...]
Understanding New Jersey’s Domestic Violence Law “Domestic violence” is a loaded concept. Psychologists, sociologists, jurists and experts from virtually every academic discipline have studied it and expounded on its origins, causes, and effects on victims and society writ-large. What does “domestic violence” mean in a New Jersey courtroom? The burden rests on the plaintiff-victim to establish a [...]
Which of my child’s expenses should be covered by child support? This is a relatively simple question with a fairly complicated answer. The one thing that is certain is that children are expensive to raise. In New Jersey child support is governed by the New Jersey Child Support Guidelines. The guidelines are established pursuant to Court Rule 5:6A and [...]
