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New Jersey Appellate Division Addresses Whether a Family Court Judge May Infer That a Defendant Who Invokes the Right Against Self-Incrimination is Culpable in a Title IX Hearing

In this Appellate Division case entitled New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. S.K., A-2734-15 (App.Div. August 31, 2018), the defendant argues the Family Part Judge improperly drew an adverse inference against him when he invoked his right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and…

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New Jersey Appellate Division Bars the Requirement for a Parent to Admit a Criminal Wrongdoing as a Condition to Seek Parenting Time With One’s Child

On August 15, 2017, the New Jersey Appellate Division approved for publication the decision in the matter of E.S. v. H.A (A-3230-14T2 and A-3256-14T2), in which the Appellate Division addressed whether a parent may be required to admit to a crime as a condition for that parent to be able to make…

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