2053 Woodbridge Avenue - Edison, NJ 08817

Thursday, February 09, 2017

E511 1. Recent Cases NJ Supreme Court makes "plain view" car searches easier. State v. Gonzales __ NJ __ (2016) 2. Protective Search on House Not Permitted Where No Evidence Another Person Present. 3. Valentine's Day February 14. 4. Passage of Termination of Child Support Law Starting February 1st 5. Next Community & Charity events. We Support OUR Community.

E511
1. Recent Cases NJ Supreme Court makes "plain view" car searches easier.  State v. Gonzales __ NJ __ (2016)
2. Protective Search on House Not Permitted Where No Evidence Another Person Present.
3. Valentine's Day February 14.
4. Passage of Termination of Child Support Law Starting February 1st
5.  Next Community & Charity events. We Support OUR Community.
1. Recent Cases NJ Supreme Court makes “plain view” car searches easier
State v. Gonzales __ NJ __ (2016)
    The Court now excises the inadvertence requirement from the plain-view doctrine. Because it is setting forth a new rule of law, the Court will apply the reformulated plain-view doctrine prospectively. Nevertheless, the Court holds that the trial court’s finding of inadvertence is supported by credible evidence in the record. The Court therefore reverses the judgment of the Appellate Division and reinstates the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress.  A-5-15

2. Protective search on house not permitted where no evidence another person present. State v. Bryant __ NJ __ (2016)
   The officers here lacked reasonable and articulable suspicion that another party was present; much less that another party posed a danger to officer safety. The protective sweep was thus insufficient to establish an exception to the warrant requirement, and any evidence found as a result of that sweep—even if it was found in plain view—must be excluded and suppressed as fruit of the poisonous tree. A-2-15

3. Valentine’s Day February 14. Thomas Begley Esq wrote for Valentine's Day, we remind you to protect your loved ones by planning for the future.   Estate and financial planning will ensure that your health care and financial goals are met if you should become incapacitated or after you pass away.  It will provide peace of mind to you and your family.    
  
Regardless of your net worth, if you are over eighteen,  it's important to have a basic estate plan in place. A basic estate plan should include a Will, a Power of Attorney, and an advance directive  (Living Will with health care proxy).  Estate planning may also include trusts which enable you to put conditions on how and when your assets will be distributed upon your death. To learn more about estate planning, please read  www.njlaws.com/wills.html

4. Passage of Termination of Child Support Law starting February 1* 
   This new child support law establishes 19 as the age when a child support and/or medical support obligation will end. The new law allows for child and/or medical support to continue up to age 23 for cases in which the dependent is still in high school; attending full-time college, vocational or graduate school; is disabled; if the parties reached a separate agreement; or, if continued support was granted by the court. The effective date of the law is February 1, 2017, and applies to all child support orders.
Families with a child age 22 3 /4 or older as of February 1, 2017, will be mailed a Notice of Child Support Obligation Termination on February 1, 2017, with child support ending on May 1, 2017 (and not the child's 19th birthday) as the new law is phased in. Families with a child between the ages of 22 1/2 and 22 3/4 on February 1, 2017, will be mailed a Notice of Child Support Obligation Termination on February 1, 2017, with child support ending on August 1, 2017 (and not the child's 19th birthday) as the new law is phased in.
Families with a child between the ages of 18 1/2 and 22 1/2 as of February 1, 2017, will be mailed a Notice of Proposed Child Support Obligation Termination on February 1, 2017, with child support ending on August 1, 2017 (and not necessarily the child's 19th birthday) as the new law is phased in. This Notice will contain information on how to request a continuation of child support as well as how the amount of child support may change.
If your Judgment of Divorce (JOD) or support order specifies a termination date other than the dependent's 19th birthday, that date will stand and you will not be permitted to request an administrative continuation of support. However, you still may receive a termination notice and be asked to send in a copy of the JOD or order containing the termination date.
If you have a dependent turning 19 after August 1, 2017, you will receive a Notice of Proposed Child Support Obligation Termination 180 days before your child's 19th birthday.
If there is no response to the first notice, a second Notice of Proposed Child Support Obligation Termination will be sent out 90 days before the dependent's 19th birthday. If no continuation is granted after the second notice, the order of support will end as of the child's 19th birthday. Both parties will receive an updated order reflecting this change.
If back child support is owed when the child support terminates, the non-custodial parent still is responsible for paying that off and the order will still be enforced for the arrears.
If you receive an updated order for continued support and wish to oppose it, you may file an application or motion with the court. If there are younger children on the order in addition to the 19-year-old (or older) child(ren), parents may file an application or motion with the court to adjust the child support amount.
In order to ensure that all notices and informational updates are received, please confirm that the Child Support Program has your most current mailing address, cell phone number and email address.

5. Next community & charity events. We are always.

   Location: Law Office of Kenneth Vercammen, 2053 Woodbridge Ave, Edison, NJ 08817
     COST: Free if you pre-register. Complimentary materials provided. This program is limited to 15 people. Please bring a canned food donation, which will be given to the St. Matthews Edison Food Bank. Please email us if you plan on attending Discharge Under NJ Law past criminal arrests and convictions can be expunged/ erased under certain instances. This program will discuss the expungement process. I served as a Municipal Prosecutor and was amazed how minor criminal guilty pleas and even dismissed charges can affect someone’s ability to get a job or advance a career. Do you have children or someone you know or work with that needs an expungement?
  Attorneys- If space exists you can attend if you want to learn more about expungements

Feb 11 Friends of  Cynthia & Kenneth Vercammen are invited to Cynthia's 60th Birthday get together  Saturday February 11, 2017
Ken V will bring sandwiches and snacks
Edison Elks Lodge
Old Post Road
Edison NJ 08817-4653
  No children permitted by state law since alcohol served.
No gifts please. Ok to bring something for the summer Tiki Bar!

Edison Library
New NJ Estate Tax Law, Wills, & Estate Seminar
two dates:
February 13 at 7pm 
Clara Barton Library 141 Hoover Ave, Edison, NJ 08837 (732) 738-0096

February 28 Edison Library Main Branch 340 Plainfield Ave. Edison, NJ 08817 
  

February 22  Anniversary of the Miracle on Ice, the greatest moment of 1980  Watch Final Minute of the "Miracle on Ice"


March 1 Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, February 08, 2017

39:4-96. Reckless driving; punishment

39:4-96.     Reckless driving; punishment 

    39:4-96.  A person who drives a vehicle heedlessly, in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others, in a manner so as to endanger, or be likely to endanger, a person or property, shall be guilty of reckless driving and be punished by imprisonment in the county or municipal jail for a period of not more than 60 days, or by a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $200.00, or both. 
   On a second or subsequent conviction he shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500, or both. 

More info at http://www.njlaws.com/reckless_driving.html


            39:4-97.     Careless driving 



    39:4-97.  A person who drives a vehicle carelessly, or without due caution and circumspection, in a manner so as to endanger, or be likely to endanger, a person or property, shall be guilty of careless driving. 

Tuesday, February 07, 2017

E510 In this Issue: 1. Criminal Court Orders Rule Relaxation For Pretrial Service Documents 2. Supreme Court Orders Relaxation Of Rules Regarding Juveniles Waived To Adult Status 3. Next community & charity events. 4. Remove & Expungement of Criminal Arrests and Convictions- Free Seminar January 23, 2017 South Brunswick Library 5. Ethical Marketing for Your Practice: Learn how to make more money by ethically marketing your practice... and staying ethically compliant! 6. Friends of Cynthia & Kenneth Vercammen are invited to Cynthia's 60th Birthday get together Saturday February 11, 2017

E510
1. Criminal Court Orders Rule Relaxation For Pretrial Service Documents
2. Supreme Court Orders Relaxation Of Rules Regarding Juveniles Waived To Adult Status
3. Next community & charity events. 
4. Remove & Expungement of Criminal Arrests and Convictions- Free Seminar January 23, 2017 South Brunswick Library


1. Criminal Court Orders Rule Relaxation For Pretrial Service Documents
Effective on 1/1/17, Rule 1:38-3 will be relaxed and supplemented to permit the release of certain court records pertaining to the Pretrial Services Program to attorneys of record or to the public. The rule outlines court records to be excluded from public access, but with the rollout of the criminal justice reform, courts will be permitted to release the following:
To attorneys of record:
Certain records, such as motions or exhibits and the results of any risk assessment instrument for the purposes of determining, setting, or modifying conditions of release, determining violations of conditions of release, determining whether pretrial detention is appropriate and sentencing of a defendant;
Recommendations of release provided by the Pretrial Services Program.
To the public:
Records pertaining to conditions of pretrial release or pretrial detention;
Records such as motions or exhibits and the results of any risk assessment instrument that are otherwise obtainable under the court rules.
The Court's Criminal Practice and Municipal Court Practice committees are expected to develop and adopt appropriate amendments to Rule 1:38-3, subject to subsequent review and recommendation by the Advisory Committee on Public Access to Court Records. This order will remain in effect until such amendments are adopted.
2. Supreme Court Orders Relaxation Of Rules Regarding Juveniles Waived To Adult Status
The Supreme Court issued an order relaxing and supplementing a number of rules to accommodate pretrial release procedures for juveniles waived to adult status in anticipation of the Criminal Justice Reform roll out, which began Jan. 1.
The rules are relaxed to confer upon juveniles the same benefits that accrue to similarly situated adult defendants.  Source http://www.njlawjournal.com/id=1202775656349/CAPITOL-REPORT?mcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=2&slreturn=20170002130843

The Supreme Court has adopted a package Criminal Justice Reform-related rule amendments – amending various Part III and Part VII Rules – to be effective January 1, 2017. A list of court rules revised is at http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/notices/2016/n160830a.pdf      
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3. Next community & charity events. We are always busy

Jan 23 South Brunswick Expungement seminar

Jan 28, 2017       RVRR Dinner & Awards - 6pm-11pm New Brunswick Elks

1/29/17  Freehold Winter 5k   10:00am   www.farcnj.com

Jan 30 Marketing & Ethics Seminar

Feb 11 Friends of  Cynthia & Kenneth Vercammen are invited to Cynthia's 60th Birthday get together  Saturday   February 11, 2017
Ken V will bring sandwiches and snacks


Edison Elks Lodge
Old Post Road
Edison NJ 08817-4653

We will have sandwiches in the Lodge’s social area.
No children permitted by state law since alcohol served.
No gifts please. Ok to bring something for the Cynthia;’s summer Tiki Bar!


More details below
4. Seminar: Remove & Expungement of Criminal Arrests and Convictions- Free Seminar January 23, 2017 South Brunswick Library
 7:00pm-7:45 

       COST: Free if you pre-register. Complimentary materials provided.   Please bring a canned food donation, which will be given to the Community Food Bank. Please email us if you plan on attending or if you would like us to email the materials.
SPEAKER: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq.
                 (Author- Criminal Law Forms by the American Bar Association)
  The NJ statute on expungement was revised effective April 18, 2016.  If someone has been arrested or even had a private criminal complaint signed against them in the Municipal Court, they have a criminal record, even if the charges were dismissed or received a Conditional Discharge Under NJ Law past criminal arrests and convictions can be expunged/ erased under certain instances. This program will discuss the expungement process. I served as a Municipal Prosecutor and was amazed how minor criminal guilty pleas and even dismissed charges can affect someone’s ability to get a job or advance a career. Do you have children or someone you know or work with that needs an expungement?
South Brunswick Library 
110 Kingston Lane             
Monmouth Junction NJ 08852
732-329-4000  x 7637

https://www.facebook.com/events/1800395393542189/
Can’t attend?  We can email you materials
Send email to VercammenLaw@Njlaws.com

     More info: The Petition for expungement is filed in the Superior Court. It takes a minimum of three months for the court to grant the expungement. The requirements are very formal. There can be a waiting period between 6 months up to 10 years after the criminal case is finished. For someone who had a drug charge, they can hire an attorney apply for Expungement 6 months after the Conditional Discharge is complete. The statute requires detailed notices served by the attorney on the State Police, Attorney General and numerous other government entities.
         Typical Court costs and Legal fees for expungement range from $1,500-$2,500.

Monday, January 30th from 5:30-8:30
NJ Law Center
Learn how to make more money by ethically marketing your practice...
and staying ethically compliant!

This program will demonstrate proven techniques for promoting your practice while staying within the ethics rules whether you handle cases in Municipal Court or in other areas of law.

Topics include:
• An overview of the ethics of marketing - a discussion of information that is
and is not permitted to be communicated to potential clients. An overview of
relevant RPC’s , ethics opinions and cases that refer to ethical
communication with potential clients, including Opinion 39, 42 and 43 and
RPC 7.1.
• Ethical websites - do’s and dont’s as to how your website can attract the
most clients while staying within the ethics rules. Topics will include imagery,
testimonials and design.
The Ethical Considerations of Social Networking - a focus on how to
ethically grow your practice through on-line networking.
• The Ethical Considerations of In-Person Networking - This will review what
you can and can’t say in person, conflicts of interest and more.
• Blogs, Event Calendars, Articles and Other Types of Promotion - Some
proven techniques for marketing and rainmaking that go beyond the
conventional but stay within the ethics boundaries. ...and more!
Moderator/Speaker:
Ken A. Vercammen, Esq.
Law Office of Kenneth A. Vercammen, Edison

Speakers:
Jason T. Komninos, Esq.
Law Office of Jason t. Komninos, Hackensack
Shanna McCann,.Esq.
Chance & McCann, LLC, Bridgeton
Marc Garfinkle, Esq.


Ethical Marketing for Your Practice: Learn how to make more money by ethically marketing your practice... and staying ethically compliant!

Location:
New Jersey Law Center
1 Constitution Sq. New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Date:
January 30, 2017
Time:
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET

NJSBA & NJSBA Section/Committee members are eligible for
special discounts - login to see your discounted rate for this program.
     
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Senior Lawyers Special Committee
        
       List Price: $170.00 USD
       Your Price: $128.00 USD