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The crime of terroristic threats requires a showing of three essential elements: (1) that the defendant in fact threatened the plaintiff; (2) that the defendant’s intent was to threaten the plaintiff; and (3) that a reasonable person, under an objective s

26 Feb 2010, 8:02 am by PaulKostro

NOTE: My legal and mediation services are offered to Polish-speaking and other clients in Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Essex, Hudson, Bergen, and Morris counties in NJ. [read post]

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Trial judges may intervene in questioning witnesses, especially in cases involving pro se litigants

26 Feb 2010, 7:56 am by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

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Concealment and surprise are not to be tolerated in a modern judicial system

26 Feb 2010, 7:49 am by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

Pension and social security benefits, as well as child support, should be immune from garnishment and levy

25 Feb 2010, 3:35 pm by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

Attainment of age eighteen establishes prima facie, but not conclusive, proof of emancipation

25 Feb 2010, 9:04 am by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

Provisions of a pendente lite order do not survive the entry of a judgment of divorce unless expressly preserved in it or reduced to judgment prior to entry of final judgment

25 Feb 2010, 9:00 am by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

The polestar of contract construction is to discover the intention of the parties as revealed by the language used by them

25 Feb 2010, 8:58 am by PaulKostro

NOTE: My legal and mediation services are offered to Polish-speaking and other clients in Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Essex, Hudson, Bergen, and Morris counties in NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

If the trial judge misconceives the applicable law or misapplies it, the exercise of legal discretion lacks a foundation and becomes an arbitrary act

25 Feb 2010, 8:55 am by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

A negligent attorney is responsible for the reasonable legal expenses and attorney fees incurred by a former client in prosecuting the legal malpractice action

25 Feb 2010, 8:51 am by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

One of the obligations of a party who intends to seek an award based on frivolous litigation is service of a written notice of its intention to seek sanctions for frivolous litigation and a demand to withdraw the frivolous pleading

25 Feb 2010, 8:48 am by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

Is an eye for an eye an acceptable mediation result?

24 Feb 2010, 1:45 pm by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

Attorneys are obligated to exercise that degree of reasonable knowledge and skill that lawyers of ordinary ability and skill possess and exercise

24 Feb 2010, 12:44 pm by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

An issue of fact is genuine only if, considering the burden of persuasion at trial, the evidence submitted by the parties on the motion, together with all legitimate inferences therefrom favoring the non-moving party, would require submission of the issue

24 Feb 2010, 12:41 pm by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

An equitable distribution judgment obtained by fraudulent conduct must be reopened to avoid injustice and inequity

24 Feb 2010, 12:36 pm by PaulKostro

NOTE: My legal and mediation services are offered to Polish-speaking and other clients in Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Essex, Hudson, Bergen, and Morris counties in NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

The parent seeking to terminate a kinship legal guardianship has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence both that the parent has overcome the incapacity or inability to care for the child that led to the original guardianship proceedings,

24 Feb 2010, 12:32 pm by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

Are mediation confidentiality statutes also attorney immunity statutes?

24 Feb 2010, 12:03 pm by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]

NJ Family Issues - http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues

Are you going to name your baby after a character in the sci-fi smash Avatar?

23 Feb 2010, 3:20 pm by PaulKostro

Georges] Avenue (Route 27), Linden, Union County, NJ. [read post]