Legal Question in Civil Litigation in New Jersey

Is this harassment?

My boyfriend is in arrears with child support due to job loss and health issues however is back to work and paying. His ex has sent ''anonymous'' articles to me about dead beats which to be honest I find laughable because she denies sending them. Same out of state postmark she mails letters to him from. It's obvious it's her. I sort the mail at my job. I came across an envelope not addressed to anyone in particular (name of facility) and recognized the typing format AND the postmark. I opened it. It was a homemade ''wanted'' poster with my boyfriends picture on it, full name and ''for failure to pay cs in MA''. I was advised to make record of it with that twsp's police and my local police which I did. She's not a physical threat at all but if she continues to send things to my job like this, can I press charges for harrassment or does it have to cause me to lose my job to do so? Of course she denies sending anything and always will. She puts no name or return address on mailings and types everything. Can I do something about this?


Asked on 5/04/04, 8:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Ronald Aronds Law Office of Ronald Aronds, LLC

Re: Is this harassment?

What you describe sounds like it fits the definition of harassment under the New Jersey Criminal Code. Under NJSA 2C:33-4, Harassment is defined as being committed when someone "Makes, or causes to be made, a communication or commmunications anonymously or at extremely inconvenient hours, or in offensively coarse language, or any other manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm". You can file a Citizen's Complaint at the local police station in the town where these communications were made. If you do so, you can hire a private lawyer to help you prosecute this case as a private prosecutor.I am an attorney who has represented people in situations similar to yours in the past. Please call me at 908-272-0111 to discuss this further. There is never any charge for simply discussing your case. Thank you.

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Answered on 5/05/04, 11:45 am


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