Exemptions from the Automated Dismissal Process
The following case types are exempt from the automated dismissal process:
Name Changes – these cases are excluded from the automated dismissal process, as name change complaints require no answer.
Forfeitures – forfeiture matters that have been stayed at the request of the Attorney General or inactivated because the defendant in the underlying criminal case is a fugitive are not subject to the automated dismissal process; those forfeitures that have not been stayed or inactivated, however, are subject to the automated dismissal process.
Condemnations/Inverse Condemnations – these cases are individually managed and, while the managing judge based on his or her determination in a particular case may dismiss them, they are not to be subject to the automated dismissal process.
Actions in Lieu of Prerogative Writs – same as condemnations, above.
Summary Actions, including OPRA Cases – these cases are not subject to
the automated dismissal process as no answer is required.
Mass Tort Cases – these cases are specially handled.
More information can be obtained from “ A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO NEW JERSEY’S CIVIL COURT PROCEDURES”
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