Day: June 3, 2019

New Jersey Court Clarifies Veteran Property Tax Exemption

Appellate Division Clarifies Veteran Property Tax Exemption

In Pruent-Stevens v. Township of Toms River, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court addressed the eligibility for the veteran’s property tax exemption under N.J.S.A. 54:4-3.30. The appeals court reversed the New Jersey Tax Court in holding that once a widow/widower remarries they permanentlylose their eligibility for the disabled veterans property

New York Overdose

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules State Lacked Jurisdiction to Prosecute New York Overdose

In State v. Noel Ferguson, the Supreme Court of New Jersey held thatNew Jersey lacked territorial jurisdiction to prosecute three defendants for a drug-induced death that occurred in New York. While New Jersey criminalizes illicitly distributing drugs that cause death to the user as a strict-liability offense, New York does