Part 5 · Pretrial Procedures
Rule 5:5-9. Procedures Concerning the Entry of Certain Final Judgments of Divorce, Dissolutions of Civil Unions, and Terminations of Domestic Partnerships
Amended July 21, 2011 (current)
Contains Deadlines
When a settlement is placed on the record and a judgment is entered orally, a contemporaneous written final judgment shall be entered either in the form set forth in Appendix XXV of these rules or in a form as consented to by the parties. If the final judgment that is entered is in the form set forth in Appendix XXV, the parties within ten days of such entry may submit to the court a proposed amended form of final judgment setting forth the terms of the settlement or specifically incorporating the parties' written property settlement agreement. The court in its discretion may relax the ten-day limit.