Last Friday was Juneteenth, and courts were closed, making it a short week. During that week, there were no Supreme Court opinions issued, but the Appellate Division published decisions in two matters, one of which encompassed fourteen cases. Here are summaries:...
In the recent period, the Supreme Court issued one opinion and the Appellate Division published four decisions. Here are summaries:...
The week of Thanksgiving and the week preceding it saw one Supreme Court opinion and four published rulings from the Appellate Division. Catching up, here are summaries....
Chief Justice Rabner announced the 2025-26 General Assignment Order. It is available here....
In an Order available here, Chief Justice Rabner announced the lineup for the Appellate Division's summer Parts. As has been customary, the "summer" runs not between the meteorological start and end dates for summer, nor from Memorial Day to Labor Day, but from June 16 through September 7....
The Appellate Division issued four published opinions this week. Here are summaries:...
In re Estate of Michael D. Jones, ___ N.J. ___ (2025). As summarized here, this case involved whether an ex-spouse's rights as the pay-on-death beneficiary on her deceased ex-husband's U.S. savings bonds were superseded by the parties' divorce. The couple's divorce settlement agreement ("DSA") required, as relevant here, that the ex-husband ("Michael") pay the ex-wife ("Jeanine") $200,000 in installments over time. The DSA did not specifically provide for the disposition of savings bonds....
The first two published opinions of the Appellate Division in the 2024-25 Term are by Chief Judge Sumners. Both are Family Part matters. State in the Interest of M.P.,...
During this blog's early August break, the Appellate Division issued three published opinions. Here are summaries: T.B. v. I.W., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2024). This was an appeal...
The 2024-25 General Assignment has been issued and is available here. As was true in the 2023-24 Term, there are seven Parts. All but Part C, which has five judges,...
