Simon Law Group handles family law, estate planning, probate, personal injury, civil litigation, business, real estate, bankruptcy, foreclosure, workers' compensation, SSDI, and appellate matters in Monmouth County.
Monmouth County practice scope
Monmouth County matters are not all the same just because they share a county name. The useful local question is usually venue, court process, office access, records, travel, local property or employment patterns, and which Simon Law Group practice group should evaluate the issue first.
This page is the general Monmouth County service hub. The county-specific divorce page remains available for Family Part details, but Simon Law Group's local work is broader than divorce. We handle family law, estate planning, probate, personal injury, civil litigation, business litigation, legal malpractice, real estate, bankruptcy, foreclosure defense, workers' compensation, SSDI, appeals, criminal defense, DUI/DWI, expungement matters in this county.
County seat: Freehold. Listed county court location: Monmouth County Courthouse, Freehold. Nearby Simon Law Group location: Somerville office.
County facts
- County: Monmouth County, New Jersey
- Formed: 1683
- County seat: Freehold
- Listed county court location: Monmouth County Courthouse, Freehold
- Population: 651,035 (2025 Census estimate; source checked August 27, 2026)
- Nearby office: Somerville office
- Criminal/DUI: Accepted in this county in the practice areas the firm handles.
Known for
- shore towns and beaches
- Red Bank arts and dining
- high-income residential communities
- commuter rail and Parkway corridors
Official starting points
How to use this county hub
Divorce, custody, support, or domestic violence
Use the Monmouth County divorce page for Family Part venue, local process, and county-specific family-law concerns.
Wills, trusts, probate, Medicaid, or tax planning
Start with estate planning or probate, then choose the trust, Surrogate, Medicaid/LTSS, or tax topic that fits your question.
Accident, premises, PIP, insurance, or damages
Start with personal injury, the car accident/PIP page, or the damages guide depending on whether the immediate issue is coverage, proof, or valuation.
Business, real estate, malpractice, foreclosure, or benefits
Use the practice-area hub to find civil litigation, business disputes, legal malpractice, real estate, bankruptcy, foreclosure, workers' compensation, SSDI, or appeals.
Monmouth County intake guide
Who this guide helps
Health care professionals, practice and business owners, employees with incentive compensation, and households with primary, shore, or rental property.
What to sort out
Professional income, practice ownership, and multiple properties may involve separate pay, entity, mortgage, lease, and valuation records.
Court and agency routing
This Monmouth County page is a routing aid for organizing intake facts, not an instruction to select the filing division. Family, civil, criminal, probate, property, and agency routes depend on the matter, and the Monmouth Vicinage directory provides official court locations.
Official court source: NJ Courts Monmouth Vicinage.
Three intake decisions
- Clarify whether the person is an employee, licensed professional, practice principal, business owner, homeowner, party to a lease, beneficiary, or fiduciary and how each asset is held.
- Separate compensation and benefit records, practice or entity financials, deeds, mortgages, leases, rental statements, insurance documents, and valuations by asset.
- Note whether the immediate path may be Family Part, Civil Part, probate or Surrogate processing, a property or benefits agency, municipal court, or another forum for attorney review.
Official local evidence: The NJDOL Monmouth County report’s 2024 data show health care and social assistance with an employment share above the statewide share. View the 2026 NJDOL county report using 2024 data.Source checked July 12, 2026.
Prepare for intake: Bring compensation and benefit statements, entity and practice records, deeds and mortgage papers, leases or rental records, valuations, and current filings or notices to an intake evaluation.
Services in Monmouth County
Family law and divorce
County-specific Family Part issues, divorce, custody, support, alimony, mediation, domestic violence, and post-judgment work in Monmouth County.
Estate planning, probate, and elder law
Planning and administration work connected to Monmouth County families, homes, Surrogate filings, fiduciary duties, and long-term-care concerns.
Personal injury and insurance
Injury and insurance matters involving local roads, premises, PIP benefits, medical proof, damages, and post-accident documentation.
Civil, business, and real estate
Disputes involving contracts, businesses, professional duties, real estate, title issues, appeals, and damages.
Financial and benefits matters
Financial distress, foreclosure, workplace injury, and disability-benefit matters where court deadlines, agency rules, and records matter.
Criminal defense and DUI/DWI
Criminal-defense and DUI/DWI work is accepted in Monmouth County in the practice areas the firm handles, along with the firm's civil, family, estate, injury, business, real estate, benefits, and appellate practices.
Local issue patterns
Shore property, high-income compensation, professional practices, small businesses, and transportation corridors often matter in Monmouth County cases. A physician’s practice buy-in, a restaurateur’s liquor-license appraisal, and an oceanfront cottage titled three ways can all land in one Monmouth County matter, which is why intake questionnaires and engagement letters here tend to run long. These local facts are not a substitute for legal analysis, but they help identify which documents, valuations, medical records, account statements, court filings, or agency records should be gathered first.
Communities served
Simon Law Group handles Monmouth County matters involving clients in Freehold, Middletown, Manalapan, Marlboro, Howell, Red Bank, Long Branch, Holmdel, Colts Neck, Rumson, and nearby communities where venue or client needs connect the matter to this county.
Monmouth County questions we are asked
Where does the Monmouth County Family Part sit?
Monmouth County is its own vicinage, and the NJ Courts vicinage directory lists one county facility: the Monmouth County Courthouse at 71 Monument Street in Freehold. Family Part work, including divorce, custody, and support applications, is handled through that courthouse. The court assigns the courtroom and decides whether an event is in person or remote, then publishes that assignment on the notice sent in the case. Which county a divorce is filed in is set by court rule, not by where either spouse lives today, so a recent move can change the answer. Confirm venue with a lawyer before filing.
Where is probate opened for a Monmouth County estate?
For a Monmouth County estate, the NJ Courts County Surrogates directory at njcourts.gov lists the Monmouth County Surrogate's Office at the Monmouth County Hall of Records, 1 East Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728, a separate building from the courthouse. Probate of wills, estate administration (appointment of executors and administrators), and applications for letters of guardianship of a minor are filed with the County Surrogate's Office; an adult guardianship case is filed there and heard in Superior Court. Which county's Surrogate opens the estate is set by where the decedent was domiciled at death, and where domicile is unclear that is a question for counsel.
What makes shore property complicated in Monmouth County cases?
A primary home, a seasonal cottage, and a rental unit can be titled three different ways within one family, and each carries its own deed, mortgage, flood and hazard coverage, rental ledger, and appraisal history. Those documents drive both equitable distribution in a divorce and valuation in a Monmouth County estate. The firm asks for them parcel by parcel at intake. How a particular property is characterized depends on how it was acquired and held.
Which Simon Law Group office covers Monmouth County?
Somerville is the listed nearest Simon Law Group location for Monmouth County, and this site also keeps a Monmouth County divorce page with Freehold Family Part detail. The firm's work here covers the practice areas the firm handles, including family law, estate planning, probate, personal injury, civil and business litigation, real estate, bankruptcy, foreclosure defense, workers' compensation, Social Security Disability, criminal defense and DUI matters, and appeals. Contacting the firm through the contact page does not create an attorney-client relationship, so please do not send confidential information until an engagement is in place.
Will a Monmouth County client have to appear in Freehold?
It depends on the event. New Jersey courts hold some conferences and motions remotely and some in the courthouse, and the judiciary makes that call proceeding by proceeding. The notice issued in the Monmouth County matter states the format, the date, and the location, and it is the instruction to follow. Counsel handles many procedural appearances, while trials and plenary hearings ordinarily require the party to attend.
Useful resources for Monmouth County matters
Resources library
Guides, newsletters, eBooks, and public legal resources.
Damages explained
How tort, contract, punitive, treble, insurance, and proof issues affect case value.
Probate, trusts, and administration
When New Jersey probate is manageable and when trust planning helps.
Estate and inheritance taxes
New Jersey inheritance tax and federal estate/gift/GST planning anchors.
Post-accident evidence playbook
Evidence steps after an accident, including records, photos, symptoms, and insurance communications.
DUI / DWI defense
Criminal/DUI work is accepted in Monmouth County in the practice areas the firm handles.
Expungement
Eligibility, Clean Slate, petitions, objections, and court handling.
Discuss a Monmouth County matter
Start with a consultation request. We keep everything you send confidential. Formal attorney-client privilege begins once an engagement is in place, so keep this first message general and save the full details for your consultation. If you schedule a phone consultation, call the firm at the appointment time.