Civil, Divorce Trials Resume in Three Counties, Pause in Passaic

By: Nikita Biryukov

Cohen Seglias chair of the family law department Carolyn Daly was quoted in New Jersey Monitor regarding New Jersey courts resuming civil and divorce trials in three counties. Due to a judicial shortage, civil and divorce proceedings in Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem, and Passaic counties were suspended earlier this year. Passaic County cases will remain halted for the time being due to a continuing shortage of judges.

“If everybody’s waiting for judges or a trial date that we can’t even begin to put on the calendar for another year or two, nothing’s going to move,” Carolyn said.

New Jersey courts will resume civil and divorce trials in three counties where they were suspended earlier this year, but persisting judicial shortages will halt such cases in Passaic County and extend moratoriums elsewhere, New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced Wednesday.

Civil and divorce proceedings will resume immediately in Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties more than five months after they were suspended, but they will remain suspended in a multi-county court jurisdiction covering Hunterdon, Somerset, and Warren counties.