By: Charles F. Vuotto, Jr., Esq. The Appellate Division recently published a decision in A.A.R. v. J.R.C.[1] making it clear that procedural due process requires judges, before domestic violence trial, to inform defendants both of the serious consequences resulting from the entry of a final restraining order (FRO) and their right to retain legal read more
As we all know, the New Jersey Prevention of Domestic Violence Act (PDVA)1 provides for the issuance of a final restraining order (FRO) to protect a victim of domestic violence upon the finding that one of the predicate acts occurred, and that the issuance of the FRO is necessary to protect the victim.2 There is read more