TestOn November 5, 2018, the Committee on Opinions approved an October 19, 2017 Law Division opinion from Middlesex County Superior Court in the matter of State v. Bentee Goines. The State appealed a municipal court judge’s decision that a Rutgers University police officer lacked jurisdiction to stop and arrest the […]
On October 24, 2018, the Appellate Division delivered an unpublished opinion in the matter of Starner v. Haemmerle, et. al., No. A-0153-17T2, 2018 WL 5273995 (App. Div. Oct. 23, 2018), foreclosing the application of automobile insurance coverage to all-terrain vehicles. The underlying facts of this case involved an ATV accident […]
The child sexual abuse accommodations syndrome testimony has been debunked and deemed inadmissible by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. For many years, in sex offense cases, the State was able to introduce testimony of the child sexual abuse accommodations syndrome which presented a behavioral science explanation of how certain […]
The Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP) is New Jersey’s child protective services agency (formerly “DYFS”). The Division functions to protect children from acts of abuse and neglect pursuant to the provisions of various statutes. N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.9, N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.6-1 and N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.21. All acts of abuse and neglect must […]