Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey

If your contempt charge is to be heard in the Family Part it is a disorderly persons offense, because a criminal charge must be tried before a jury and the Family Part does not have juries.

In the Family Part you are facing up to six months in jail and $1,000.00 in fines. In the Criminal Part you would be facing 18 months or five years in prison as a maximum sentence.

As you have probably figured out breaking up with your girlfriend BEFORE the criminal charge

was dismissed was a mistake.

If you need a lawyer, you can call me at 201/342/7933 to discuss the contempt charge and

possibly have me act as your lawyer on the charge.

Picking up on what Mr. Moore said, you should really have an attorney. You do no need a contempt charge on your record. If you get one, you could go to jail. If you get a second one, you will go to jail if convicted. Call me at 732/247/3340 to discuss.

You are looking at either jail time or fines or both. You need a lawyer, right now.

Please give me a call. The telephone discussion will be free of charge, and I will let you know what I believe I can do to assist you further. My contact information can be obtained from the links below, just click on the Attorney Profile link. Let my secretary know you found me through LawGuru.

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