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Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, P.C. 2053 Woodbridge Avenue - Edison, NJ 08817


Sunday, October 15, 2017

DIRECTIVE# 28-17 Docketing Special Civil Part Judgments (Revised Statement for Docketing Form)

DIRECTIVE# 28-17 Docketing Special Civil Part Judgments (Revised Statement for Docketing
Form)
September 27, 2017
This promulgates for immediate use the attached revised Statement for Docketing form
for Special Civil Part judgments. The form, which is an electronic form generated by eCourts
DC (Special Civil), is to be produced locally by the Special Civil Part Office when requested by a
judgment creditor, issued in the name of the Clerk of the Superior Court. It eliminates the
requirement of the Clerk's certification. The revision allows the judgment creditor to enter
additional costs onto the Statement for Docketing form. The judgment creditor may also amend
the Statement for Docketing form so that it mirrors the complaint's caption. The judgment
creditor continues to be required to certify to the total judgment due pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A: 18-
34, including all interest, costs and credits, when filing the Statement for Docketing and its
applicable fee with the Superior Court Clerk's Office.
Attached are the electronically generated template of the form as well as a sample form
with the fields completed for illustrative purposes.
In furtherance of the New Jersey Judiciary's implementation of electronic filing, Statement
for Docketing requests will not be accepted in eCourts DC (Special Civil Part) until any and all
active executions issued to a Special Civil Part Court Officer have been returned, as required by
N.J.S.A. 2A:18-35. Judgment creditors filing in eCourts will receive a notification that they must
first contact the applicable Special Civil Part Officer(s) and request the return of all active
executions.
For Small Claims matters and for Special Civil Part (DC) actions where hard copy paper
filings are still required to be filed by self-represented litigants who are not attorneys, the
Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex• PO Box 037 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0037
.....
procedure will continue to be that the judgment creditor must request the Special Civil Part
Office to issue a Statement for Docketing and otherwise comport with the filing requirements of
Rule 6: 1-1 (f).
Aaource http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/notices/2017/n171002a.pdf

[LAST NAME], [FIRST NAME] Pl.AlNTIFF
-- vs --
[LAST NAME], [FIRST NAME] DEFENDANT
CREDITORS ATTORNEY:
[ATTORNEY'S NAME]
[ATTORNEY'S ADDRESS 1]
[ATTORNEY'S ADDRESS 2]
[TOWN, STATE, ZIP]
SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY
LAW DIVISION-SPECIAL CIVIL PART
ON (CONTRACT)
DOCKET NO .
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(/5/ rHCHELLE St4ITH'S SIGNATURE]
HICHELLE 11. SMITH , CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
I , THE UNDERSIGNED, AM (ATTORNEY FOR) THE ABOVE
NA.\fED PLAINTIFF, CERTIFY THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME
THERE IS DUE UPON THE ABOVE MENTIONED JUDGMENT ,
.WHICH IS ABOUT TO BE DOClIN
THE SUPERIOR
TOTAL JUDGMENT DUE
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JUDG~NT DUE INCLUDES THE 3S . 00 DOCKETING FEE. TOTAL JUDGMENT DUE rTOTAL AMOUNT DUEl
(BEING A SUM NOT LESS THAN $35. 00)
I CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOnJG STATEMENTS HADE BY ME ARE TRUE . I AM AWARE THA.T IF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING STATE~NTS MADE BY ME ARE WILLFULLY FALSE, I AM SUBJECT TO PUN!SHMENT .
DATE : (DATE) [/S/ ATTORNEY'S SIGNATURE]
0 SUBSEOUENTTO-LAST EXECUTION. OR JUDGMENT IF NO EXECUTIONS WERE ISSUED
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SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY
LAW DIVISION-SPECIAL CIVIL PART
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I , THE UNDERSIGNED, AM (ATTORNEY FOR) THE ABOVE
NA.\fED PLAINTIFF, CE:RTI FY THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME
THERE IS DUE UPON THE ABOVE !1EN!IONED JUDG21EN! ,
t"HICH IS ABOUT TO BE DOCKETED IN THE SUPERIOR
COURT OF NEW JERSEY, AS HEREIN SE! FORTH. THE TOTAL
JUDGMENT DUE IHCLUDES THE 35 . 00 DOCKETIHG FEE.
TOT Al J'UDG~IENT DUE S 8,.351.45
DOCKETIKG FEE S 35.00
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(BE.IKG A StJM NOT LESS TH..U-: $35 .00)
I CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING S!AIEl1EN!S HADE BY 11E ARE TRUE. I AH AWARE THAT IF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING ST~TEMENTS MADE BY ME ARE WILLFULLY FALSE , I AM SUBJECT TO PUNISHMENT.
DATE:
09/15/2017 /S/ PERRY KISLER

**SUBSEQUENT TOI.AST EXECUTION, OR JUDGMENT IF ~O EXECUTIONS WERE ISSUED

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Woodbridge Library Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar November 20

Woodbridge Library
Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar
November 20 at 7pm
  Woodbridge Public Library
1 George Frederick Plaza
Woodbridge NJ 07095 
       WILLS & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION-PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND MAKE PLANNING EASY
     SPEAKER: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. Edison, NJ (Author- Wills and Estate Administration by the ABA)
     Main Topics:
 1. 2017 changes to NJ Estate Tax & changes to taxes on pensions
2. Updates in Federal Estate and Gift Tax 
3. The New Probate Law and preparation of Wills   
4. Why a new Power of Attorney is important 
5.  Living Wills             
6.  Administering the Estate/ Probate/Surrogate   
COMPLIMENTARY MATERIAL: Brochures on Wills, "Answers to Questions about Probate" and Administration of an Estate, Power of
Attorney, Living Wills, Real Estate Sales for Seniors, and Trusts.
     Woodbridge Public Library 732-634-4450
1 George Frederick Plaza
Woodbridge NJ 07095 

    Free Will Seminars and Speakers Bureau for Groups
       
        10 years ago the AARP Network Attorneys of the Edison/Metuchen/Woodbridge area several years ago established a community Speakers Bureau to provide educational programs to AARP and senior clubs, Unions and Middlesex County companies. Now, Ken Vercammen, Esq. and volunteer attorneys of the Middlesex County Estate Planning Council have provided Legal Rights Seminars to hundreds of seniors, business owners and their employees, unions, clubs and non-profit groups. For additional information on the Legal Seminars, contact our Coordinator, Kenneth Vercammen's law office at (732) 572-0500, email VercammenLaw@njlaws.com 
Details on free programs available

These quality daytime educational programs will educate and even entertain. Clubs and companies are invited to schedule a free seminar. The following Seminars are now available:
1. WILLS & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION-PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND
MAKE PLANNING EASY
2. POWER OF ATTORNEY to permit family to pay your bills if you are temporarily disabled and permit doctors to talk with family
       All instructors are licensed attorneys who have been in practice at least 25 years. All instructors are members of the American Bar Association, New Jersey
State Bar Association, and Middlesex County Bar Association. All programs include free written materials.

       You don't have to be wealthy or near death to do some thinking about a Will. Here is your opportunity to listen to an experienced attorney who will discuss how to distribute your property as you wish and avoid many rigid provisions of state law.

      Topics discussed include: Who needs a Will?; What if you die without a Will (intestacy)?; Mechanics of a Will; "Living Will"; Powers of Attorney; Selecting an executor, trustee, and guardian; Proper Will execution; Inheritance Taxes, Estate Taxes  14,000 annual gift tax exclusion,  Bequests to charity, Why you need a "Self-Proving" Will and  Estate Administration/ Probate.

       Sample materials: Hand-outs on Wills, Living Wills/Medical Advance Directive, Power of Attorney, Probate and Administration of an Estate, Real Estate, Working with your Attorney, Consumers Guide to New Jersey Laws, and Senior Citizen Rights.

SPEAKERS BUREAU

        At the request of senior citizen groups, unions, and Middlesex County companies and organizations, the " Speakers Bureau " is a service designed to educate citizens about how laws affect their lives and how the judicial system operates. We have attorneys available to speak to businesspersons, educational, civic and social organizations on a wide range of topics during business hours.

In today's complex world, few people can function successfully and safely without competent legal advice. In order to insure your estate plans are legally set up, you need to know exactly where you stand so that you can avoid possibly catastrophic mistakes impacting both you and your family.

About the speaker: Kenneth A. Vercammen is a trial attorney in Edison, NJ. We is the author of the American Bar Association’s book “Wills and Estate Administration”
He is co-chair of the ABA Probate & Estate Planning Law Committee of the American Bar Association Solo Small Firm Division.  He is a speaker for the NJ State Bar Association at the annual Nuts & Bolts of Elder Law & Estate Administration program.
He was Editor of the ABA Estate Planning Probate Committee Newsletter. Mr. Vercammen has published over 150 legal articles in national and New Jersey publications on litigation, elder law, probate and trial topics. He is a highly regarded lecturer on litigation and probate law for the American Bar Association, NJ ICLE, New Jersey State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association. His articles have been published in noted publications included New Jersey Law Journal, ABA Law Practice Management Magazine, and New Jersey Lawyer. He established the NJlaws website www.njlaws.com which includes many articles on Estate Planning, Probate and Wills. He is a member of the AARP and often lectures to groups on the importance of an up to date Will, Power of Attorney and Living Will.
 KENNETH  VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES, PC
ATTORNEY AT LAW
2053 Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ 08817
(Phone) 732-572-0500
 (Fax)    732-572-0030
www.njlaws.com


Saturday, August 26, 2017

Obtaining Warrant for Removal after eviction hearing

Obtaining Warrant for Removal after eviction hearing
If a landlord obtains a judgment for possession, the landlord may apply to the Office of the Special Civil Part for a warrant or removal, which permits the landlord to force the tenant to move out of the rental premises. The fee for a warrant of removal is $35 plus the applicable Special Civil Part Officer’s mileage fee. A second mileage fee will also be required to be paid to the Special Civil Part Officer directly, if it is necessary for the officer to revisit the residential rental property and execute the same warrant of removal that the officer previously served upon the tenant. The Special Civil Part Office staff can inform the landlord of the applicable mileage fees. The warrant of removal may not be issued to a Special Civil Part Officer until the expiration of three (3) business days (not counting the court day) after the judgment for possession is granted. 
The Special Civil Part Officer is required to provide a residential tenant at least three (3) business days to move all persons and belongings from the premises. Again, this date does not include holidays, weekends or the date that the warrant of removal was originally served by the Special Civil Part Officer upon the residential tenant. The Special Civil Part Officer is not required to provide a commercial tenant with any three business day notice, as the officer can serve the warrant for removal and evict the commercial tenant at the same time. 
If the residential tenant does not move out after three (3) business days from the date that they were served with the warrant of removal, the landlord must arrange with the Special Civil Part Officer directly to have the residential tenant evicted or locked out. The Special Civil Part Officer will tell the landlord the fees charged for this eviction, which cannot be greater than $50, and the landlord pays this fee and the second mileage fee to the Special Civil Part Officer directly. 
Following the eviction, the landlord must allow the tenant remove personal belongings from the premises. If a tenant vacates the rental premises but fails to move their personal belongings, the landlord must still comply with the provisions of the New Jersey Tenant’s Abandoned Property statute. Source:
https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/forms/11483_landlord_tenant_faq.pdf

Middlesex Tenancy 732-519-3754


More details at http://www.kennethvercammen.com/landlord.html

the court will fill out a form that says in part

To: Name of Court Officer
(Special Civil Part Officer)
You are hereby commanded to dispossess the tenant and place the landlord in full possession of the
premises listed above. Local police departments are authorized and requested to provide assistance, if needed, to
the officer executing this warrant.
To: Name of Defendant
(Tenant(s))
You are to remove all persons and property from the above premises within three days after receiving this
warrant. Do not count Saturday, Sunday and holidays in calculating the three days. If you fail to move within
three days, a court officer will thereafter remove all persons from the premises at any time between the hours of
8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on or after ________________ (month) _____________ (day), _____________ (year).
Thereafter, your possessions may be removed by the landlord, subject to applicable law (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-72 et
seq.). The 3 day provision applicable to residential tenants does not apply to commercial property. Commercial
tenants may be evicted at the time the warrant is served.
It is a crime for a tenant to damage or destroy a rental premises to retaliate against a landlord for starting
an eviction proceeding in court and in addition to imposing criminal penalties the court may require the tenant to
pay for any damage.
You may be able to stop this warrant and remain in the premises temporarily if you apply to the court for
relief. You may apply for relief by delivering a written request to the Clerk of the Special Civil Part and to the
landlord or landlord's attorney. Your request must be personally delivered and received by the Clerk within three
days after this warrant was served or you may be locked out. Before stopping this warrant, the court may include
certain conditions, such as the payment of rent.
You may also be eligible for housing assistance or other social services. To determine your eligibility,
you must contact the welfare agency in your county at (address) ,
telephone number (XXX) XXX-XXXX.
Only a court officer can execute this warrant. It is illegal and a disorderly person’s offense for a landlord
to padlock or otherwise block entry to a rental premises while a tenant who lives there is still in legal possession.
A landlord can only do these things in a distraint action involving non-residential premises. If your property has
been taken or you have been locked out or denied use of the rental premises by anyone other than a court officer
who is executing a warrant of removal you can contact the Special Civil Part Clerk’s Office for help in (a)
requesting an emergency order to return your property and/or put you back into your home; and/or (b) filing a
lawsuit requesting a judgment for money.
If you do not have an attorney, you may call the Lawyer Referral Service at (XXX) XXX-XXXX. Si Ud.
puede pagar los servicios de un abogado, pero no conoce a ninguno, puede llamar a las oficinas del Servicio de
Recomendacion de Abogados del Colegio de Abogados de su Condado. Telefono: (XXX) XXX-XXXX. If you
cannot afford an attorney, you may call Legal Services at (XXX) XXX-XXXX. Si Ud. no puede

pagar un abogado, puede llamar a Servicios Legales: (XXX) XXX-XXXX.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Monmouth eviction costs

Monmouth eviction costs

Complaint, tenancy (plus mileage)1 (N.J.S.A. 22A:2-37.1; Rule 1:43)
1 Mileage fees of court officer equal the round trip cost by the most direct route to and from the location of the court that issued the document being served or executed, at the same rate as set by the State for other State employees, rounded up to the nearest dollar.
One defendant ................................................................................. $50.00
Each additional defendant .................................... $5.00

Complaint/initial pleading containing counterclaim, cross-claim or
third-party complaint in DC actions: (N.J.S.A. 22A:2-37.1; Rule 1:43)
Where the amount exceeds the small claims monetary limit
One defendant ......................................................... $75.00
Each additional defendant ................................................ $5.00
Where the amount does not exceed the small claims monetary limit
One defendant ............................. ........................................... $50.00
Each additional defendant ..................... .................................. $5.00

Appearance or answer to DC complaint or third party complaint (N.J.S.A. 22A:2-37.1; Rule 1:43) ...................... $30.00