Articles Posted in Prevention of Domestic Violence Act in New Jersey

The news board lit-up this week with the story of Rachel Canning, age 18, the teenager who earlier this year sued her parents for child support and college expenses, filing a domestic violence complaint and obtaining a temporary restraining order against her 18 year old boyfriend, the boy whom her parents wanted her to…

As both the Legislature and Judiciary of the State of New Jersey have declared, domestic violence is both a serious and pervasive issue present in this State.  Based upon those declarations and findings, the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Statute”) was adopted and made effective…