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NJ Rev Stat § 2A:33-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:33-18 - Wrongful acts after distraint for rent; remedy; damages

2A:33-18. Wrongful acts after distraint for rent; remedy; damages  When a distress is made for rent justly due and an irregularity or unlawful act shall afterwards be done by the party distraining, or his agent, the distress shall not therefore be deemed unlawful nor the party making it deemed a trespasser ab initio. The party aggrieved thereby shall be entitled to recover full satisfaction for the special damage sustained thereby, and no more. When the plaintiff shall recover such damages, he shall be entitled to his full costs, the same as in other cases of costs. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:33-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:33-19 - Actions against distrainor; double costs in certain cases

2A:33-19. Actions against distrainor; double costs in certain cases  In any action brought to recover damages for an alleged wrongful distress or wrongful act after distraint, a defendant, in whose favor judgment is rendered, shall be entitled to recover double costs. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:33-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:33-20 - Distraint of property removed; bona fide purchasers

2A:33-20. Distraint of property removed; bona fide purchasers  Where property of a tenant, subject to be distrained for accrued and unpaid rent, payable or to become payable, is removed from the demised premises, the landlord may, within thirty days next after such removal, distrain such property notwithstanding its removal, unless it shall have been sold to a purchaser for a valuable consideration without knowledge of the landlord's right to distrain. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:33-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:33-21 - Liability of tenant for removing or concealing property subject to distraint

2A:33-21. Liability of tenant for removing or concealing property subject to distraint  Any tenant who removes or conceals any of his personal property subject to distraint by his landlord, with intent to delay, hinder, or defraud said landlord, shall be liable for the damages resulting therefrom, to his landlord; and in any action to recover such damages if it shall appear that the action of the tenant was willful, the landlord shall be entitled to recover double damages. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:33-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:33-22 - Seizure of property locked up; breaking and entering

2A:33-22. Seizure of property locked up; breaking and entering  When property is removed by a tenant and put in any place locked up, fastened or otherwise secured, to prevent the said property from being distrained for arrears of rent, the landlord, first calling to his assistance a constable or peace officer, who shall aid and assist therein, may, in the daytime, break open and enter the place, and distrain the said property for the arrears of rent as he might have done if the said property had been put in an open place. If the place where the said property is secured is a dwelling house, oath shall first be made before some judge or magistrate, of a reasonable ground to suspect that the said property is therein. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:33-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:33-23 - Remedy where rent apportionable

2A:33-23. Remedy where rent apportionable  Wherever rent is legally or equitably apportionable between successive owners or landlords or their representatives, any person entitled to a proportion of such rent shall be entitled to distrain therefor in the same manner as though such person was entitled to receive the full rent. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-1 - Causes for judgments of nullity.

2A:34-1 Causes for judgments of nullity.  2A:34-1. Causes for judgments of nullity. (1) Judgments of nullity of marriage may be rendered in all cases, when: a. Either of the parties has another wife, husband, partner in a civil union couple or domestic partner living at the time of a second or other marriage. b. The parties are within the degrees prohibited by law. If any such marriage shall not have been annulled during the lifetime of the parties the validity thereof shall not be inquired into after the death of either party. c. The parties, or either of them, were at the time of marriage physically and incurably impotent, provided the party making the application shall have been ignorant of such impotency or incapability at the time of the marriage, and has not subsequently ratified the marriage. d. The parties, or either of them, lacked capacity to marry due to want of understanding because of mental condition, or the influence of intoxicants, drugs, or similar agents; or where there was a lack of mutual assent to the marital relationship; duress; or fraud as to the essentials of marriage; and has not subsequently ratified the marriage. e. The demand for such a judgment is by the wife or husband who was under the age of 18 years at the time of the marriage. f. Allowable under the general equity jurisdiction of the Superior Court. (2) Judgments of nullity of a civil union may be rendered in all cases, when: a. Either of the parties has another wife, husband, partner in a civil union couple or domestic partner living at the time of establishing the new civil union. b. The parties are within the degrees prohibited by the law from entering into a marriage or establishing a civil union or domestic partnership. If any such civil union shall not have been annulled during the lifetime of the parties the validity thereof shall not be inquired into after the death of either party. c. The parties, or either of them, lacked capacity to enter into a civil union due to want of understanding because of mental condition, or the influence of intoxicants, drugs, or similar agents; or where there was a lack of mutual assent to the civil union; duress; or fraud as to the essentials of a civil union; and has not subsequently ratified the civil union. d. The demand for such a judgment is by the party who was under the age of 18 years at the time of the civil union. e. Allowable under the general equity jurisdiction of the Superior Court.  amended 1971, c.212, s.1; 2006, c.103, s.63; 2018, c.42, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-2 - Causes for divorce from bond of matrimony.

2A:34-2 Causes for divorce from bond of matrimony.  2A:34-2. Divorce from the bond of matrimony may be adjudged for the following causes heretofore or hereafter arising: a. Adultery; b. Willful and continued desertion for the term of 12 or more months, which may be established by satisfactory proof that the parties have ceased to cohabit as man and wife; c. Extreme cruelty, which is defined as including any physical or mental cruelty which endangers the safety or health of the plaintiff or makes it improper or unreasonable to expect the plaintiff to continue to cohabit with the defendant; provided that no complaint for divorce shall be filed until after 3 months from the date of the last act of cruelty complained of in the complaint, but this provision shall not be held to apply to any counterclaim; d. Separation, provided that the husband and wife have lived separate and apart in different habitations for a period of at least 18 or more consecutive months and there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation; provided, further that after the 18-month period there shall be a presumption that there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation; e. Voluntarily induced addiction or habituation to any narcotic drug as defined in the New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, P.L.1970, c.226 or habitual drunkenness for a period of 12 or more consecutive months subsequent to marriage and next preceding the filing of the complaint; f. Institutionalization for mental illness for a period of 24 or more consecutive months subsequent to marriage and next preceding the filing of the complaint; g. Imprisonment of the defendant for 18 or more consecutive months after marriage, provided that where the action is not commenced until after the defendant's release, the parties have not resumed cohabitation following such imprisonment; h. Deviant sexual conduct voluntarily performed by the defendant without the consent of the plaintiff; i. Irreconcilable differences which have caused the breakdown of the marriage for a period of six months and which make it appear that the marriage should be dissolved and that there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation. Amended 1971, c.212, s.2; 1971, c.217, s.11; 2007, c.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-2.1 - Dissolution of a civil union, causes.

2A:34-2.1 Dissolution of a civil union, causes.  64. The dissolution of a civil union may be adjudged for the following causes: a. voluntary sexual intercourse between a person who is in a civil union and an individual other than the person's partner in a civil union couple; b. willful and continued desertion for a period of 12 or more consecutive months, which may be established by satisfactory proof that the parties have ceased to cohabit as partners in a civil union couple; c. extreme cruelty, which is defined as including any physical or mental cruelty that endangers the safety or health of the plaintiff or makes it improper or unreasonable to expect the plaintiff to continue to cohabit with the defendant; except that no complaint for termination shall be filed until after three months from the date of the last act of cruelty complained of in the complaint, but this provision shall not be held to apply to any counterclaim; d. separation, provided that the partners in a civil union couple have lived separate and apart in different habitations for a period of at least 18 or more consecutive months and there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation; and provided further that, after the 18-month period, there shall be a presumption that there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation; e. voluntarily induced addiction or habituation to any narcotic drug, as defined in section 2 of the "New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances Act," P.L.1970, c.226 (C.24:21-2) or in N.J.S.2C:35-2 of the "Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987," N.J.S.2C:35-1 et al., or habitual drunkenness for a period of 12 or more consecutive months subsequent to establishment of the civil union and next preceding the filing of the complaint; f. institutionalization for mental illness for a period of 24 or more consecutive months subsequent to establishment of the civil union and next preceding the filing of the complaint; or g. imprisonment of the defendant for 18 or more consecutive months after establishment of the civil union, provided that where the action is not commenced until after the defendant's release, the parties have not resumed cohabitation following the imprisonment. L.2006, c.103, s.64.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-3 - Causes for divorce from bed and board or legal separation from partner in a civil union couple.

2A:34-3 Causes for divorce from bed and board or legal separation from partner in a civil union couple.  2A:34-3. Causes for divorce from bed and board or legal separation from partner in a civil union couple. a. Divorce from bed and board may be adjudged for the same causes as divorce from the bonds of matrimony whenever both parties petition or join in requesting such relief and they or either of them present sufficient proof of such cause or causes to warrant the entry of a judgment of divorce from the bonds of matrimony, provided further that in the case of a reconciliation thereafter the parties may apply for a revocation or suspension of the judgment, and provided further that the granting of a bed and board divorce shall in no way prejudice either party from thereafter applying to the court for a conversion of said divorce to a divorce from the bonds of matrimony, which application shall be granted as a matter of right. b. Legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple may be adjudged for the same causes as dissolution of a civil union whenever both parties petition or join in requesting such relief and they or either of them present sufficient proof of such cause or causes to warrant the entry of a judgment of dissolution of a civil union, provided further that in the case of a reconciliation thereafter the parties may apply for a revocation or suspension of the judgment, and provided further that the granting of a legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple shall in no way prejudice either party from thereafter applying to the court for a conversion of said legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple to a dissolution of a civil union, which application shall be granted as a matter of right. Amended 1971, c.212, s.3; 2006, c.103, s.65.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-6 - Divorce from bed and board or legal separation from a civil union; property rights.

2A:34-6 Divorce from bed and board or legal separation from a civil union; property rights.  2A:34-6. Divorce from bed and board or legal separation from a civil union; property rights. For and during the time that any judgment for divorce from bed and board or legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple shall remain in force and effect all property rights of the parties shall be as though a judgment of absolute divorce or dissolution had been entered. In any property transaction by either of the parties in such status the fact of the existence of such judgment shall be distinctly recited and reference to the public record thereof shall be clearly set forth. Amended 2006, c.103, s.66.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-7 - Certain defenses abolished.

2A:34-7 Certain defenses abolished.  2A:34-7. Certain defenses abolished. Recrimination, condonation and the clean hands doctrine are hereby abolished as defenses to divorce from the bonds of matrimony, dissolution of a civil union, divorce from bed and board or legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple, and if both parties make out grounds for a divorce, dissolution or legal separation, a decree may be granted to each; provided that nothing herein shall preclude or abrogate the responsibility of a party for the penalty provided by law for perjury or the subornation of perjury. Amended 1971, c.212, s.4; 2006, c.103, s.67.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-8 - Jurisdiction stated.

2A:34-8 Jurisdiction stated.  2A:34-8. Jurisdiction stated. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of all causes of divorce, dissolution of a civil union, bed and board divorce, legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple or nullity when either party is a bona fide resident of this State. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of an action for alimony and maintenance when the defendant is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the court, is a resident of this State, or has tangible or intangible real or personal property within the jurisdiction of the court. The Superior Court may afford incidental relief as in other cases of an equitable nature and by rule of court may determine the venue of matrimonial and civil union actions. Amended 1971, c.212, s.5; 2006, c.103, s.68.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-9 - Jurisdiction in nullity proceedings or dissolution proceedings; residence requirements; service of process.

2A:34-9 Jurisdiction in nullity proceedings or dissolution proceedings; residence requirements; service of process.  2A:34-9. Jurisdiction in nullity proceedings or dissolution proceedings; residence requirements; service of process. Jurisdiction in actions for nullity of marriage or dissolution of a civil union may be acquired when: a. Either party is a bona fide resident of this State at the time of the commencement of the action; and b. Process is served upon the defendant as prescribed by the rules of the Supreme Court. Amended 2006, c.103, s.69.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-10 - Jurisdiction in divorce proceedings, dissolution of a civil union, legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple; service of process; residence requirements.

2A:34-10 Jurisdiction in divorce proceedings, dissolution of a civil union, legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple; service of process; residence requirements.  2A:34-10. Jurisdiction in divorce proceedings, dissolution of a civil union, legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple; service of process; residence requirements. Jurisdiction in actions for divorce, either absolute or from bed and board, and in actions for dissolution of a civil union or legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple may be acquired when process is served upon the defendant as prescribed by the rules of the Supreme Court, and 1. When, at the time the cause of action arose, either party was a bona fide resident of this State, and has continued so to be down to the time of the commencement of the action; except that no action for absolute divorce or dissolution of a civil union shall be commenced for any cause other than adultery, unless one of the parties has been for the 1 year next preceding the commencement of the action a bona fide resident of this State; or 2. When, since the cause of action arose, either party has become, and for at least 1 year next preceding the commencement of the action has continued to be, a bona fide resident of this State. Amended 1971, c.212, s.6,(1971, c.212 title amended 1971, c.217, s.10); 2006, c.103, s.70.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-11 - Jurisdiction by acknowledgment of service of process, appearance, etc.

2A:34-11 Jurisdiction by acknowledgment of service of process, appearance, etc.  2A:34-11. Jurisdiction by acknowledgment of service of process, appearance, etc. In divorce, dissolution and nullity actions, the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant's person for all purposes of the action shall be fully established by the filing of an acknowledgment of service of process, or of an appearance, or of an answer by the defendant pro se, or on his behalf by a duly authorized attorney, in such manner as may be prescribed by rules of the Supreme Court. Amended 2006, c.103, s.71.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-12 - Counterclaims.

2A:34-12 Counterclaims.  2A:34-12. Counterclaims. Whenever the court shall have acquired jurisdiction of any action under the provisions of this chapter or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), the defendant therein may, by counterclaim, state any cause of action under this chapter or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.) which exists at the time of the service of the counterclaim. Amended 2006, c.103, s.72.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-12.1 - Short title

2A:34-12.1. Short title  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Parents' Education Act." L.1999,c.111,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-12.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-12.2 - "Parents' Education Fund"

2A:34-12.2. "Parents' Education Fund"  2. There is hereby established a separate, nonlapsing, revolving fund in the General Fund to be known as the "Parents' Education Fund." The Clerk of the Superior Court shall forward the $25 registration fee collected pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1999, c.111(C.2A:34-12.5) for deposit in the fund. The fund shall be administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts and dedicated to the development, establishment, operation and maintenance of the "Parents' Education Program" created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c.111(C.2A:34-12.3). L.1999,c.111,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:34-12.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:34-12.3 - "Parent's Education program"

2A:34-12.3. "Parent's Education program"  3. a. There is hereby established a mandatory education program to be known as the "Parents' Education Program."  b. The program shall be designed to assist and advise divorced parents on issues concerning divorce, separation and custody. The program shall be made available twice a month. The program shall be administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts. The Assignment Judge shall appoint appropriate staff to act as a program representative or representatives, as necessary, for each county. c. The purpose of the program shall be to promote cooperation between the parties and to assist parents in resolving issues which may arise during the divorce or separation process, including, but not limited to: (1) Understanding the legal process and cost of divorce or separation, including arbitration and mediation; (2) Understanding the financial responsibilities for the children; (3) Understanding the interaction between parent and child, the family relationship and any other areas of adjustment and concern during the process of divorce or separation; (4) Understanding how children react to divorce or separation, how to spot problems, what to tell them about divorce or separation, how to keep communication open and how to answer questions and concerns the children may have about the process; (5) Understanding how parents can help their children during the divorce or separation, specific strategies, ideas, tools, and resources for assistance; (6) Understanding how parents can help children after the divorce or separation and how to deal with new family structures and different sets of rules; and (7) Understanding that cooperation may sometimes be inappropriate in cases of domestic violence. L.1999,c.111,s.3.