Rules of Court · Part 5 · New Jersey
R. 5:6-7 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 5:6-7: Separate Maintenance, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Separate Maintenance
An action for separate maintenance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:34-24 shall be brought as a summary action unless designated as non-summary in nature by the Family Part Presiding Judge. When the response to the original Complaint for Separate Maintenance contains a counterclaim for divorce, dissolution of civil union or termination of domestic partnership, the action shall immediately be transferred to the dissolution (FM) docket without the need for a formal motion.
Note: Adopted July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2004; amended July 21, 2011 to be effective September 1, 2011.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 5:6-7 "Separate Maintenance" {
An action for separate maintenance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:34-24 shall be brought as a summary action unless designated as non-summary in nature by the Family Part Presiding Judge. When the response to the original Complaint for Separate Maintenance contains a counterclaim for divorce, dissolution of civil union or termination of domestic partnership, the action shall immediately be transferred to the dissolution (FM) docket without the need for a formal motion.
Note: Adopted July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2004; amended July 21, 2011 to be effective September 1, 2011.
}
referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-17; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 5:6-6 · R. 5:6-8 → · chapter 5:6 · all rules
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