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Directive #21-23

Directive: Updated New Jersey Judiciary Language Access Plan (Supersedes Directive #10-22)
Sections: Language Access Vicinage
Document Date: Nov. 14, 2023
- Supersedes:
  
  Directive #10-22

Directive #20-23

Directive: Family – CIC – Revised Benchmark Hearings Protocol and Checklist (Supersedes Directive #03-22)
Section: Family
Document Date: Nov. 13, 2023
- Supersedes:
  
  Directive #03-22

Directive #19-23

Directive: CJR - Pretrial Services - (a) Strict Home Detention (w/o Electronic Monitoring), (b) Home Detention with Limited Exceptions (w/o Electronic Monitoring), and (c) Home Detention with Electronic Monitoring (Supersedes Directive #27-21)
Sections: Criminal Municipal
Document Date: Oct. 17, 2023
- Supersedes:
  
  Directive #27-21

Directive #18-23

Directive: Criminal Justice Reform - Promulgation of Revised Protocol for Responding to Emergent Pretrial Release Electronic Monitoring Alerts (Supersedes Directive #15-19)
Sections: Criminal Criminal Justice Reform Municipal
Document Date: Oct. 10, 2023
- Supersedes:
  
  Directive #15-19

Directive #17-23

Directive: Domestic Violence Economic Mediation (DVEM) Program: Updated Operational Guidelines and Forms
Sections: Domestic Violence Family
Document Date: Sept. 11, 2023
- Supersedes:
  
  Directive #06-20

Directive #16-23

Directive: Family - Parenting Coordinator Program - Guidelines; Forms
Section: Family
Document Date: Sept. 5, 2023

Directive #15-23

Directive: Landlord Tenant - Court Forms and Procedures as of September 1, 2023; Conclusion of Mandatory Case Management Conferences
Sections: Civil Landlord Tenant
Document Date: Aug. 23, 2023
- Supersedes:
  
  Directive #21-21
  
  Supplement to Directive #21-21

Directive #14-23

Directive: Guidelines for Judicial Officer Protection Orders
Sections: Administration Criminal Judges
Document Date: Aug. 21, 2023

Directive #13-23

Directive: Pretrial Services - Reduction of Pretrial Monitoring Level to ROR for Certain Eligible Defendants (Remands; Recovery Court); Discharge of Defendants Whose Case Is Disposed of by Deferred Disposition
Section: Criminal
Document Date: Aug. 18, 2023

Directive #12-23

Directive: Family - Out-of-State Custody/Parenting Time/Visitation Orders - UCCJEA (Supersedes Directive #09-07)
Section: Family
Document Date: July 10, 2023
- Supersedes:
  
  Directive #09-07