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 Passaic County.
Passaic County practice scope
Passaic 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 Passaic 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: Paterson. Listed county court location: Passaic County court facilities, Paterson. Nearby Simon Law Group location: Morristown office.
County facts
- County: Passaic County, New Jersey
- Formed: 1837
- County seat: Paterson
- Listed county court location: Passaic County court facilities, Paterson
- Population: 531,624 (2025 Census estimate; source checked August 27, 2026)
- Nearby office: Morristown office
- Criminal/DUI: Accepted in this county in the practice areas the firm handles.
Known for
- Paterson Great Falls area
- Wayne and Clifton commercial corridors
- northern lake communities
- mixed urban and suburban housing
Official starting points
How to use this county hub
Divorce, custody, support, or domestic violence
Use the Passaic 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.
Passaic County intake guide
Who this guide helps
Manufacturing, retail, and health care workers, family-business principals, storefront operators, and people with workplace, inventory, or injury records.
What to sort out
Timecards, inventory, storefront records, medical documentation, and business ownership information may be split among employers, entities, providers, and property files. Manufacturing piece-rate ledgers, retail register tapes, and clinic timesheets rarely share one payroll format, so Passaic intake starts by matching every pay stub to the entity that printed it.
Court and agency routing
This Passaic County page is a routing aid for organizing intake and does not select a court division. The appropriate family, civil, criminal, probate, business, municipal, or agency route depends on the matter, and the Passaic Vicinage directory provides official court locations.
Official court source: NJ Courts Passaic Vicinage.
Three intake decisions
- Clarify whether the person is an hourly worker, supervisor, clinician, business principal, retailer, property owner, customer, patient, beneficiary, or fiduciary and identify each entity involved.
- Group schedules and timecards, payroll records, inventory and sales reports, entity documents, storefront leases, incident materials, and medical records by custodian.
- Note whether the immediate path may be Family Part, Civil Part, probate or Surrogate processing, municipal court, a workplace or health agency, or another forum for attorney evaluation.
Official local evidence: The NJDOL Passaic County report’s 2024 data show manufacturing, retail trade, and health care and social assistance with employment shares above their statewide shares. View the 2026 NJDOL county report using 2024 data.Source checked July 12, 2026.
Prepare for intake: Bring payroll and time records, inventory and entity documents, storefront or property papers, incident and medical records, and current notices or filings to an intake evaluation.
Services in Passaic County
Family law and divorce
County-specific Family Part issues, divorce, custody, support, alimony, mediation, domestic violence, and post-judgment work in Passaic County.
Estate planning, probate, and elder law
Planning and administration work connected to Passaic 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 Passaic 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
Healthcare, financial services, commuter income, mixed urban-suburban property, and northern-county traffic patterns often shape Passaic County cases. 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 Passaic County matters involving clients in Paterson, Clifton, Wayne, Passaic, Little Falls, Totowa, Hawthorne, Wanaque, Pompton Lakes, West Milford, and nearby communities where venue or client needs connect the matter to this county.
Passaic County questions we are asked
Which courthouse serves Passaic County?
Passaic County sits in the Passaic Vicinage, and the NJ Courts vicinage directory lists the courthouse in Paterson at 77 Hamilton Street. Superior Court divisions handle different subject matter, so a family filing, a civil suit, and a probate matter do not necessarily proceed in the same room or on the same schedule. Follow the address and room printed on your notice rather than assuming one building covers every event. 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 are Passaic County wills probated?
Probate for a Passaic County estate opens at the Passaic County Surrogate's Office at 71 Hamilton Street, Room 101, Paterson, NJ 07505, which sits on Hamilton Street at a different street number 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.
How do multiple employers affect a Passaic County support case?
Manufacturing, retail, and health care employment is common across Passaic County, and piece-rate ledgers, register tapes, and clinic timesheets rarely share one payroll format. Matching every pay stub to the entity that printed it is usually the first intake step before child support, alimony, or equitable distribution figures can be evaluated. Twelve months of records generally give a fuller picture than a single recent payslip.
Can a Passaic County family case and an injury claim run together?
Yes, on separate tracks. Family filings move through the Family Part while a personal injury suit proceeds in the Civil Part, each with its own docket and schedule. Coordinating them in a Passaic County file usually means keeping medical records, insurance correspondence, and any settlement discussion organized by case, so that a development in one matter does not create an avoidable problem in the other.
What does the Passaic County hub cover beyond divorce?
The county divorce page focuses on Family Part process. This hub routes the wider mix of Passaic County work: 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. Naming the practice area at intake is usually faster than describing the whole situation twice.
Useful resources for Passaic 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 Passaic County in the practice areas the firm handles.
Expungement
Eligibility, Clean Slate, petitions, objections, and court handling.
Discuss a Passaic 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.