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www.nj.com\/news\/2024\/01\/coercive-control-is-now-a-form-of-domestic-violence-under-nj-law-heres-what-it-means.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Important changes made to NJ domestic violence law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

www.nj.com\/news\/2024\/01\/coercive-control-is-now-a-form-of-domestic-violence-under-nj-law-heres-what-it-means.html Important changes made to NJ domestic violence law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-durstfirm-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6omM8-2836","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1323,"url":"https:\/\/thedurstfirm.com\/?p=1323","url_meta":{"origin":2836,"position":0},"title":"NJ takes domestic violence seriously","author":"Sandy Durst","date":"September 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Contrary to the impression one may get after reading the headlines regarding the Ray Rice situation (which took place in NJ), the law of NJ takes domestic violence seriously.\u00a0 The NJ Assembly recently passed several pieces of legislation that serve to strengthen the existing domestic violence law.\u00a0 Given the time\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Durst Firm News"","block_context":{"text":"Durst Firm News","link":"https:\/\/thedurstfirm.com\/?cat=28"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2538,"url":"https:\/\/thedurstfirm.com\/?p=2538","url_meta":{"origin":2836,"position":1},"title":"Governor Christie strengthens protections to domestic violence victim.","author":"Sandy Durst","date":"January 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"With the signing S2483, NJ Governor Chris Christie to steps designed to provide greater protection to victims of domestic violence.\u00a0 This bill restricts the ability to possess firearms of\u00a0those individuals convicted of committing acts of domestic violence. 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