TestOn December 7, 2018, the Appellate Division decided In the Matter of Registrant H.D., (App. Div. 2018) Docket Nos. A5321-16T1 and A5322-16T1, a decision approved for publication. This matter involved two appeals from sex offender registrants under Megan’s Law. In 1994 and 1998, respectively, the petitioners were sentenced to community […]
As a late-Christmas (or Holiday) gift to the matrimonial bar, the Hon. Hany A. Mawla, J.A.D., published an Opinion in M.G. v. S.M., A-1290-17T1 (App. Div. Dec. 26, 2018), regarding the equitable distribution of a plaintiff-husband’s restricted stock units (“RSUs”) in his divorce action. The Opinion provides a good primer […]
On December 4, 2018, the Appellate Division issued a decision approved for publication in R.L.U. v. J.P., (A-4823-16T1) wherein the court addressed the retroactivity of the Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act (SASPA). The Appellate Division reversed the decision of a Family Part judge, and held that a SASPA order was […]
Pursuant to the 2017 Criminal Justice Reform Act, if the State seeks to detain a defendant pending the outcome of the case, they are required to provide, among other items, “all exculpatory evidence” before a detention hearing. In a December 11, 2018 decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court, State […]