Community service in lieu of fines or jail 2B:12-23.1. Penalties payable in installments; community service; alternative penalties

Community service in lieu of fines or jail

 2B:12-23.1. Penalties payable in installments; community service; alternative penalties

a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a municipal court finds that a person does not have the ability to pay a penalty in full on the date of the hearing or has failed to pay a previously imposed penalty, the court may order the person to perform community service in lieu of the payment of a penalty; or, order the payment of the penalty in installments for a period of time determined by the court. If a person defaults on any payment and a municipal court finds that the defendant does not have the ability to pay, the court may:
(1) reduce the penalty, suspend the penalty, or modify the installment plan;
(2) order that credit be given against the amount owed for each day of confinement, if the court finds that the person has served jail time for the default;
(3) revoke any unpaid portion of the penalty, if the court finds that the circumstances that warranted the imposition have changed or that it would be unjust to require payment;
(4) order the person to perform community service in lieu of payment of the penalty; or
(5) impose any other alternative permitted by law in lieu of payment of the penalty.
b. For the purposes of this section, “penalty” means any fine, statutorily-mandated assessment, surcharge or other financial penalty imposed by a municipal court, except restitution or a surcharge assessed pursuant to subsection f. of section 1 of P.L.2000, c.75 (C.39:4-97.2).

ABA Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Committee 2018 ABA Annual Meeting Report Solo Divi

ABA Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Committee 2018 ABA Annual Meeting Report Solo Division

COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT FORM 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Division Number and Name: Division 3: Practice Specialty

Division Director Name: Daniel Tann

Reporting Board or Committee:ABA Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Committee

Completed By: Kenneth Vercammen Co-Chair, Edison, NJ

1.What has your board or committee done since its last report (e.g., conference call, meetings, use of discussion lists, planning for CLE programs, publications and articles, collaboration with other boards, committees, or sections)?

-      -Publicized program Protecting Your Assets Against Long-Term Care and Nursing Home Expenses April 26 2018    9:45 AM to 10:45 AM with speakers James and Matt Davidson Moderator Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. at the ABA-GPSoloand Group Legal Services Association (Formerly API) Spring Conference & Assisted GLSA Group Legal at New Orleans meeting April 2018 with other programs

-Scheduled Committee meeting at Chicago Annual meeting
Participated in quarterly ABA Commission on Law and Aging

-      -Helped publicize Solo Division’s book “Wills and Estate Administration Practice” approx 240 pages to help raise revenue for section- Sale of book continue to be good

-      Added Spring Committee report to Estate Planning blog and forwarded to all committee members

-Schedule Committee meeting at ABA Mid year in Las Vegas

-Schedule Committee meeting at Spring meeting in New York

-Published article in GP Solo 

2.What is the status of your board or committee’s business plan for the year (e.g., participation of board or committee members, goals achieved, and new goals)?

Participate in Monday July 9 2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern timequarterly ABA Commission on Law and Aging networking These calls are open to ABA staff and Members with an interest in developing programing, policy or publications on issues relating to aging and law.  Please share this message with colleagues who may want to participate and encourage people to email to be added to the invitation list (david.godfrey@americanbar.org<mailto:david.godfrey@americanbar.org>.)

Help publicize ABA Estate Planning, Probate and Trust and Elder Law Joint Committee Meeting Friday, Estate Planning and Elder Law Joint Committee Meetings have been scheduled for Friday August 3, at 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm round table discussion Free to attendees

 at the ABA Annual Meeting Chicago    Ideas to be discussed:

-BUILDING THE MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE PLANNING PRACTICE

 A Lawyer’s Guide toCreating a Winning Estate Planning Practice 

Ethically Building Your Practice using free and low-cost online methods

1.      Website specific http://www.njwillsprobatelaw.com

2.      Blog https://njprobate.blogspot.com  

3.      Facebook Law Office

4.      LinkedIn- post articles, events

5.      Google+ aka Google Plus

6.      Twitter

7.      YouTube

8.      Avvo Legal rating

9.      JD Supra

10.  Justia Lawyer Directory:

11.  Yelp for Business Owners

Friday, August 3, 2018

Swissotel Chicago

-      Attend October 2018 Charleston meeting and help out

3.Does your board or committee need any assistance from the Director, Staff, Division Officers, or Council? If yes, please explain:

Yes We need help setting up future programs and meetings.

-The Committee anticipates guidance, support and/or involvement from our Division Director regarding publicizing the Wills and Estate Administration book

ACTION ITEMS

List any action items to be presented to Council. These are items that require discussion, reporting, and/or decision-making on the part of the Council (e.g. a request for support of matters appearing before the House of Delegates, revisions of Division policies, and requests for use of extraordinary Division resources). None needed

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

List any informational items to be represented to Council. These items are matters for the Council’s information and do not require action. None needed

Steve Wildi  

Daniel Tann Esq. djtannesq@verizon.net

gp-ElderLaw@Mail.americanbar.org