AFTER AN FRO HAS BEEN ENTERED

AFTER AN FRO HAS BEEN ENTERED

4.17.1 Where an FRO includes provisions for emergent monetary relief, monetary

compensation, including child support or spousal support, custody, visitation

(particularly supervised visitation), counseling or other evaluations, or where the

order relates to third parties for whom addresses and other information are needed, or

where intake monitoring is ordered, each party should be referred to the Family staff

for their separate post-court interview. Care should be taken by staff that the parties

have no contact during the interview process. Staff can facilitate any of these items,

including the collection of the IV-D application, the initiation of Title IV-D

procedures, where applicable, and can make other appropriate arrangements. Family

staff can facilitate providing the defendant with a Child Support Probation Account

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Number for payments made to the New Jersey Family Support Payment Center (P.O.

Box 4880, Trenton, NJ 08625-4880).

4.17.2 Professional domestic violence counseling for defendant should be considered

whenever there has been a finding of domestic violence. Whenever possible, the

order should also include provisions for monitoring or periodic court review.

4.17.3 Orders for ongoing support as a form of monetary compensation in a FRO pursuant

to N.J.S.A. 2C:25-29b(4) should be made payable to the New Jersey Family Support

Payment Center (P.O. Box 4880, Trenton, NJ 08625-4880) and the order shall be

enforced by the Probation Division in the county in which the order was entered. The

probation division will use all enforcement mechanisms applicable to the case. Staff

should ensure that the “family violence indicator” in ACSES is correctly coded.

When ongoing child support is entered, or paternity established, the court

must enter the child support, medical support and paternity decisions on the IV-D

Uniform Summary Support Order (USSO, Appendix 31), which shall be referenced

in the FRO, using the same FV docket number. The USSO must indicate whether the

child support obligation is based on the New Jersey Child Support Guidelines or if

there was a deviation from the Guidelines.

4.17.4 Each county shall develop and implement procedures to monitor compliance with

court ordered provisions, including counseling and evaluation.

4.18 SERVICE OF FRO

The defendant shall be personally served in court if present for the final hearing. If

the defendant is not present, service shall be in accordance with the procedures set forth in

the section entitled “Procedures for Service of Complaint/TRO/FRO.”