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Changing your name in New Jersey as an adult
A high-level walk through the adult name-change process in New Jersey: official packet CN 10551, the hearing, the agencies afterward, and a $5 companion that is still on the way.
How to read a New Jersey court form without panicking
A gentle field guide to captions, CN numbers, identifiers you should not volunteer, and the difference between an instruction sheet and the page you actually file.
Starting an LLC in New Jersey, without the fog
A plain-English walk through forming a domestic New Jersey LLC: the name, the registered agent, the Certificate of Formation, NJ-REG, and what a $49 packet can (and cannot) do.
Can you sue your landlord in NJ small claims?
Small claims in New Jersey is a money court. It is not eviction court. Here is how tenant money claims of $5,000 or less actually fit, and where the official forms live.
Welcome to The Garden Brief
A cozy New Jersey law nook, not a marble lobby. Who Bonnie is, what you will find here, what you will not, and why a plum belongs on a legal blog.