New Jersey Legal Overview: Monmouth Ocean The Monmouth-Ocean metropolitan area in New Jersey is defined as covering Monmouth and Ocean counties. The latest official classification puts these counties under the Edison-New Brunswick metropolitan division. The two counties are a part of the larger New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island MSA and CSA. The superior courts serving each county are the main trial courts with general jurisdiction. Additional municipal courts in the major cities have limited jurisdiction. Listed below are the main cities and towns in the Monmouth-Ocean metro area.
Top New Jersey cities for Legal Issues: Toms River
1. The Ocean Vicinage, located in the county seat of Toms River is the county’s main trial court. It has separate criminal and civil divisions. The criminal division handles felony prosecutions. The main civil division has jurisdiction over disputes exceeding $15,000. Lesser amount civil disputes are heard by the Special Civil Part. The Monmouth Vicinage located in Freehold, NJ has similar court divisions.
Trending Legal Topics: Each superior court also has an appellate division, which hears appeals against its own trial court verdicts. The New Jersey Supreme Court, which is the court of last resort, may agree to hear an appeal against the intermediate appellate court’s ruling. Federal lawsuits in Monmouth and Ocean counties are to be filed with the Trenton Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. A federal appeal against this court’s verdict may be filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. |