Legal help across Union County: family, estate, injury, and civil matters

Union County divorce, custody, and support matters are heard in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part. Union County is a single-county vicinage seated in Elizabeth, and the NJ Courts Family Division offices directory lists the dissolution office at the Union Family Courthouse Cherry Street Annex, 2 Cherry Street, Floor 3, Elizabeth, NJ 07207. Read the building named on the filing receipt or the court notice before a court date, because the Judiciary assigns the location in the individual 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.

Probate for a Union County estate opens at the Union County Surrogate's Office at the Union County Courthouse, 2 Broad Street, 2nd Floor, Elizabeth, NJ 07207, which places the Surrogate inside the county 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.

Elizabeth holds two Union County addresses that readers often confuse. The Union County Courthouse at 2 Broad Street houses the Surrogate, while the Union Family Courthouse Cherry Street Annex on 2 Cherry Street houses the Dissolution Assignment Office. Traffic tickets and other municipal matters belong to the municipal court of the Union County town involved rather than to either Elizabeth building. Hours and current locations are listed on the NJ Courts vicinage directory at njcourts.gov.

Union County work is run out of the Somerville office and spans 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. Because the Surrogate and the dissolution office sit at different Elizabeth addresses, naming the practice area at intake is what routes a Union County question to the group that evaluates it.

Work tied to the Elizabeth port and airport economy adds drayage manifests, chassis rental invoices, customs paperwork, and shift records to the usual employment file, and information-sector employers here contribute repository access logs and licensing renewals. Rotating logistics schedules can also complicate parenting plans and support calculations. Those records sit with different employers, carriers, and platforms, so identifying each keeper early matters in a Union County dispute.