New Jersey Rules of Family Practice
Current through September 1, 2025
Part 5 · Cognizability of Actions; Scope and Applicability of
Part 5 · Action for Adoption of a Child
- 5:10-1 Venue
- 5:10-10 Petition for Modification or Revocation of an Order
- 5:10-11 Final Hearing Deadlines
- 5:10-12 Judgment of Adoption Deadlines
- 5:10-13 Requests to Unseal Adoption Cases; Procedure
- 5:10-14 Domestic Adoptions and Readoptions of Foreign Citizens
- 5:10-15 Adoptions of United States Citizens by Residents of Foreign Countries That Are Signatories to the Hague Adoption Convention
- 5:10-16 Adoptions of United States Citizens by Residents of Foreign Countries That Are Not Signatories to the Hague Adoption Convention
- 5:10-2 Caption of Complaint
- 5:10-3 Contents of Complaint Deadlines
- 5:10-4 Action on Complaint Deadlines
- 5:10-5 Post-Complaint Submissions Deadlines
- 5:10-6 Indian Child Welfare Act
- 5:10-7 Judicial Surrender of Parental Rights Deadlines
- 5:10-8 Preliminary Hearing Deadlines
- 5:10-9 Order Upon Preliminary Hearing
Part 5 · Action for Adoption of Adult
Part 5 · Proceedings by Division of Youth and Family Services
Part 5 · Proceedings Under the Child Placement Review Act
Part 5 · Proceedings to Determine Parent-Child Relationship
Part 5 · Petition: Contents; Filing; Service
Part 5 · Short-Term Custody
Part 5 · Juvenile-Family Crisis Hearing
Part 5 · Out-of-Home Placement
Part 5 · General Provisions
Part 5 · Venue
Part 5 · Complaint; Process
Part 5 · Custody, Pretrial Detention
- 5:21-1 Taking Into Custody, Initial Procedure
- 5:21-2 Release Deadlines
- 5:21-3 Detention Hearings Deadlines
- 5:21-4 Place of Detention or Shelter Care
- 5:21-5 Standards for Detention
- 5:21-6 Post-complaint Detention
- 5:21-7 Adjudicatory Hearing Deadlines
- 5:21-8 Custody and Detention of Material Witness Deadlines
Part 5 · Referral at Election of Juvenile
Part 5 · Transfer of Causes From Other Courts
Part 5 · Disposition
Part 5 · Juvenile Conference Committees; Referees
Part 5 · General Provisions for Family Actions
- 5:3-1 Applicability
- 5:3-2 Closed Hearings; Record
- 5:3-3 Appointment of Experts
- 5:3-4 Counsel: Appearance; Prosecutor Deadlines
- 5:3-5 Attorney Fees and Retainer Agreements in Civil Family Actions; Withdrawal Deadlines
- 5:3-6 Continuous Trials
- 5:3-7 Additional Remedies on Violation of Orders Relating to Parenting Time, Alimony, or Support
Part 5 · Process, Pleadings, Appearances
Part 5 · Pretrial Procedures
- 5:5-1 Discovery Deadlines
- 5:5-10 Equitable Distribution, Alimony, Child Support and Other Relief Deadlines
- 5:5-2 Family Case Information Statement Deadlines
- 5:5-3 Financial Statement in Summary Support Actions
- 5:5-4 Motions in Family Actions Deadlines
- 5:5-6 Participation in Mandatory Post-ESP Mediation or in a Mandatory Post-ESP Complementary Dispute Resolution Event Deadlines
- 5:5-7 Case Management Conferences in Civil Family Actions Deadlines
- 5:5-8 Previous File or Record
- 5:5-9 Procedures Concerning the Entry of Certain Final Judgments of Divorce, Dissolutions of Civil Unions, and Terminations of Domestic Partnerships Deadlines
Part 5 · Summary Action for Support
Part 5 · Child Support Guidelines
Part 5 · Cost of Living Adjustments for Child Support Orders
Part 5 · Divorce, Nullity, Separate Maintenance
- 5:7-1 Venue Deadlines
- 5:7-10 Suspension Provisions of Child Support Orders Deadlines
- 5:7-2 Application Pendente Lite Deadlines
- 5:7-3 Corroboration
- 5:7-4 Alimony and Child Support Payments Deadlines
- 5:7-5 Failure to Pay; Enforcement by the Court or Party; Income Withholding for Child Support; Suspension and Revocation of Licenses for Failure to Support Dependents; Execution of Assets for Child Support; Child Support Judgments and Post-Judgment Interest Deadlines
- 5:7-6 Consolidated Enforcement and Modification Proceedings Deadlines
- 5:7-7 Delay in Prosecution: Order to Proceed
- 5:7-8 Bifurcation
- 5:7-9 Affidavit or Certification of Non-Military Service