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Legal Services of New Jersey wrote this handbook to help parents when the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (formerly DYFS) files a court case to place their children in foster care based on claims that the parents have abused or neglected their children. This handbook will help you understand the things you must do to try to reunite with your child as soon as possible.
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This guide provides basic information about how to clear—"expunge"—a record of arrest or conviction in New Jersey. It includes the forms needed for filing. In the limited circumstances where expungement is possible, the process is relatively simple and usually can be managed without the help of a lawyer.
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This handbook reviews the major provisions of New Jersey law regarding domestic violence and suggests some of the measures you can take to protect yourself from abuse, including using the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act to get a restraining order to keep the abuser away.
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This manual is being revised. If you have questions about foreclosure, please apply for help online or call our statewide legal hotline
at 1-888-LSNJ-LAW (1-888-576-5529).
Looking Out For Your Legal Rights is LSNJ's community legal education newsletter. In language that is easy to understand, Looking Out gives you general information about current legal issues and how they may affect you. Part of each issue is available in a Spanish-language section, Cuáles son sus derechos legales.
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July-August 2020:
- Eviction moratorium under the CARES Act
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Social Security phone hearings during Covid-19
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Online sexual exploitation of children
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Rights of victim witnesses in criminal case
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CYRO updated
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Court records—what is publicly accessible?
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Tenants' Rights in New Jersey is LSNJ's guide to landlord-tenant law for New Jersey residents. The manual includes chapters on finding a place to live, security deposits, leases, rent increases, the responsibilities of landlords and tenants, legal and illegal evictions, condo and co-op conversions, and the right to safe and decent housing.
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LSNJ wrote this handbook to help parents when the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, DCP&P (formerly the Division of Youth and Family Services, DYFS) takes legal action to terminate (end) their parental rights to their children. This handbook contains information about the law and legal process that apply to you as a defendant parent being sued by DCP&P in a termination of parental rights case.
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Violence or harassment in a current or former romantic relationship is called “dating violence and harassment.” This guide has been created to help you identify when behavior in a relationship crosses the line from an unhealthy relationship to illegal behavior and to know what you can do to protect yourself under the law.
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Fines and Fees in Municipal Court
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Appealing a Welfare Decision
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Applying – Are you Applying for Welfare?
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Domestic Violence
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Sanctions
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Welfare to Work Program
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