Superior Court of New Jersey

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The Superior Court of New Jersey is the state’s general jurisdiction trial court system, handling major civil, criminal, and family law cases across New Jersey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Article VI court of New Jersey ⓘ
court of general jurisdiction ⓘ
state trial court ⓘ
administeredBy Administrative Office of the Courts of New Jersey ⓘ
administrativeHead Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court ⓘ
appealsTo Supreme Court of New Jersey ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy New Jersey Constitution of 1947 ⓘ
handles appeals from municipal courts ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
domestic violence matters ⓘ
family law cases ⓘ
juvenile matters ⓘ
major civil cases ⓘ
probate matters ⓘ
hasDivision Appellate Division ⓘ
Chancery Division ⓘ
Law Division ⓘ
hasJudgesAppointedBy Governor of New Jersey ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/superior ⓘ
hasPart Chancery Division, Family Part ⓘ
Chancery Division, General Equity Part ⓘ
Law Division, Civil Part ⓘ
Law Division, Criminal Part ⓘ
Special Civil Part ⓘ
hasVicinity Atlantic and Cape May Vicinage ⓘ
Bergen Vicinage ⓘ
Burlington Vicinage ⓘ
Camden Vicinage ⓘ
Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem Vicinage ⓘ
Essex Vicinage ⓘ
Hudson Vicinage ⓘ
Mercer Vicinage ⓘ
Middlesex Vicinage ⓘ
Morris and Sussex Vicinage ⓘ
Ocean Vicinage ⓘ
Passaic Vicinage ⓘ
Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Vicinage ⓘ
Union Vicinage ⓘ
highestTrialCourtIn New Jersey ⓘ
judgesInitialTermLength 7 years ⓘ
judgesTenureAfterReappointment until mandatory retirement age ⓘ
judicialAppointmentsConfirmedBy New Jersey Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction State of New Jersey ⓘ
location courthouses in all 21 New Jersey counties ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAgeForJudges 70 ⓘ
reorganizedFrom New Jersey court system prior to 1947 ⓘ
replaced former New Jersey Circuit Courts ⓘ
former New Jersey Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
state New Jersey ⓘ

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Government of the State of New Jersey → trialCourt → Superior Court of New Jersey ⓘ
Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office → operatesWithin → Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County Vicinage ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of New Jersey
Cumberland County, New Jersey → hasJudicialDistrict → New Jersey Superior Court Cumberland Vicinage ⓘ
subject linked to: Cumberland County
linked to: Superior Court of New Jersey
Cape May Court House → hasCourthouse → Cape May County Superior Court ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of New Jersey
Cumberland County, New Jersey → hasJudicialDistrict → New Jersey Superior Court Cumberland County Vicinage ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of New Jersey
Constitution of New Jersey → establishesCourt → Superior Court of New Jersey ⓘ
Judiciary of New Jersey → hasComponent → Superior Court of New Jersey ⓘ
Judiciary of New Jersey → trialCourt → Superior Court of New Jersey ⓘ
Judiciary of New Jersey → hasDivision → Law Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of New Jersey
Judiciary of New Jersey → hasDivision → Chancery Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of New Jersey
Judiciary of New Jersey → reviewsDecisionsOf → Superior Court of New Jersey ⓘ
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division → partOf → Superior Court of New Jersey ⓘ
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division → reviewsDecisionsFrom → New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of New Jersey
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division → reviewsDecisionsFrom → New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of New Jersey
New Jersey state law → interpretedBy → Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of New Jersey
New Jersey state law → interpretedBy → Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of New Jersey
New Jersey criminal justice system → includesCourt → Superior Court of New Jersey ⓘ