In April 2024, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an order requiring that all new divorce cases filed in Mercer County would be transferred to alternative vicinages in an attempt to alleviate the backlog of cases in the Mercer County family court. While an understandable approach to address a problematic situation, this order resulted in a hardship for both Mercer County residents seeking a divorce as well as the attorneys who were representing them by requiring travel to Atlantic County, Cape May County, Burlington County, or Middlesex County.
Since April of 2024, the family court judges of Mercer County and the court staff have put forth a Herculean effort to resolve the backlog, and as a result, the transfer of cases out of county has now been ended. This means that Mercer County residents looking for a divorce will file their complaint in Mercer County, and their case will stay in Mercer County. This is a great benefit to residents and will allow for a smoother, more convenient, potentially less expensive divorce process.
The Durst Firm would like to take this opportunity to thank our Mercer County judges and court staff for all they did to address this situation and allow our cases to return home.
