Explanation of New Jersey Court Rule 5:7-4(b)

New Jersey Court Rule 5:7-4(b) addresses issues surrounding the trial court’s enforcement of alimony, maintenance, or child support payments through the probation division. The rule provides that when such payments are not presently administered by the probation division, that they will be made so “on application of either party to the court unless the other party, on application to the court, shows good cause to the contrary.” R. 5:7-4(b). 

New Jersey Court Rule 5:7-4(b) designates that the county in which the support order is first established will presumptively be the same county in which the order is enforced, “unless the court orders the case transferred for cause.” If the venue of the court case is transferred to another venue, the enforcement shall be concurrently transferred to the new county of venue.

 New Jersey Court Rule 5:7-4(b) also provides the court with direction about what information needs to be submitted to the probation division in order to establish and enforce the case. In non-dissolution (non-divorce) proceedings, the decision is recorded pursuant to this rule using a Uniform Order for Summary Support. The rule directs the court upon entering any order that includes alimony, maintenance, child support, or medical support to be administered by the probation department, the court is to immediately provide the probation division a copy of the order and a confidential litigant information sheet. These documents provide the probation department with the personal information about the parties that they need to enforce the obligation effectively.

For questions regarding the enforcement of alimony, maintenance, or a child support obligation, please contact the attorneys at Ulrichsen Rosen & Freed LLC. Our firm is focused exclusively on the practice of family law and serves clients throughout New Jersey including clients residing in Mercer County, Somerset County, Hunterdon County, Burlington County and Middlesex County.