New Jersey Judiciary form CN 10705. This walkthrough fills the
32 text fields; 1 checkbox(es) on the form are
left for you to mark after download.
This page covers the form titled “Order to Show Cause Preliminary Injunction Pursuant to Rule 4:52,” carrying control number CN 10705 in its page footers and marked “Revised 09/01/2019.” A header on the first page classifies it as “OTSC as Original Process – Submitted with New Complaint” and “Preliminary Injunctive Relief Pursuant to Rule 4:52-1 – No TRO.” The caption block is for the Superior Court of New Jersey and includes spaces for Division, Part, County, Docket Number, plaintiff, defendant, and “Civil Action.” The first page also carries “Print” and “Clear” controls, and the document runs three pages.
The document is laid out as an order, ending in a signature line for the court. Its opening recital reads that “This matter being brought before to the court by … attorney for plaintiff … seeking relief by way preliminary injunction at the return date set forth below pursuant to R. 4:52, based upon the facts set forth in the verified complaint filed herewith and for good cause shown.” Blanks follow for the date of the order, the defendants ordered to appear and show cause, the county courthouse and the hearing time and date, and the party the order would be “preliminarily enjoining and restraining.” Items A through C are open lines carrying the parenthetical instruction to “Set forth with specificity the return date relief that the plaintiff is seeking”; item D reads “Granting such other relief as the court deems equitable and just.”
Nine numbered paragraphs follow. The first addresses service of the order to show cause, verified complaint, legal memorandum, and supporting affidavits or certifications, “in accordance with R. 4:4-3 and R. 4:4-4, this being original process,” with checkboxes for personal or substituted service and a blank for the number of days. Later paragraphs cover the plaintiff’s proof of service three days before the return date, the defendant’s written response and where opposition papers and copies go, including a blank for the judge’s name and address, a reply by the plaintiff sent to chambers, decision on the papers and relief by default where no opposition is filed, and a form of order addressing the return-date relief to be submitted three days beforehand with a self-addressed stamped envelope. Paragraph 7 sets out notice about filing an answer to the complaint within 35 days of service, with a blank for a filing fee payable to the “Treasurer State of New Jersey,” and states that opposition to the order to show cause is not an answer. Paragraph 8 gives contact information for local Legal Services offices and the Legal Services of New Jersey Statewide Hotline at 1-888-LSNJ-LAW (1-888-576-5529), along with Lawyer Referral Services. Paragraph 9 says the court will entertain argument, but not testimony, on the return date unless advised otherwise a stated number of days beforehand. A blank for a fee amount also appears in the paragraph on filing opposition. The document ends with a signature line marked “J.S.C.”
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