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Honorable Judith H Wizmur Chief Judge Frequently Asked Questions Q How do I get to the court? A The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey has three locations The courthouses and clerk's offices are located in Camden Newark and Trenton Click on the following links for directions to each Courthouse Please note that the First Meeting of Creditors

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURTS State Of New Jersey Are Illustrated Below Courts VCIS Phone Numbers Toll Free Local New Jersey Camden Division Federal Building N th Street Camden NJ Telephone Newark Division U S Bankruptcy Court Walnut St Newark NJ Telephone Trenton Division United States Courthouse East State Street Trenton NJ Telephone PACER Modem Numbers Toll Free Local NEW JERSEY BANKRUPTCY Goods and chattels shares of stock or interests in any corporation and personal property of every kind not exceeding in value exclusive of wearing apparel and all wearing apparel generally are reserved for a judgment debtor's family use before and after death and are not subject to execution Household goods and furniture not exceeding in value of a person shall also be exempt from attachment except for a debt incurred in the purchase thereof In addition disability benefits sickness insurance policies workers' compensation benefits and retirement benefits are generally exempt from execution The State of New Jersey does not appear to provide a statutory provision for homestead exemption See A basic guide to personal bankruptcy from the New Jersey Bankruptcy Court linked U S Bankruptcy Code exemptions under Sec as The New Jersey Statutes are linked Always discuss

Welcome to the U S Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey Please check here for any future scheduled downtime and informational messages CHAMBERS EMAIL ACCOUNTS Chief Judge Judith H Wizmur chambers of jhw@njb uscourts gov Judge Rosemary Gambardella chambers of rg@njb uscourts gov Judge Novalyn L Winfield chambers of nlw@njb uscourts gov Judge Gloria M Burns chambers of gmb@njb uscourts gov Judge Kathryn C Ferguson chambers of kcf@njb uscourts gov Judge Raymond T Lyons Jr chambers of rtl@njb uscourts gov Judge Donald H Steckroth chambers of dhs@njb uscourts gov Judge Morris Stern chambers of ms@njb uscourts gov Judge Michael B Kaplan chambers of mbk@njb uscourts gov From time to time you may experience significant slowness with the system Some of it is due to technical difficulties and some is due to network congestion When you encounter such an event please log off the system and wait minutes before retrying Please be reminded that clicking on the submit button twice may result in duplicated filings To work around problems of network congestion filing in the following time period is encouraged early in the morning around lunch hours and late afternoon December

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