Sacharow v. Sacharow

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

LONG, J.

In 1997, in response to the problem of domestic abuse occurring nationwide, our Legislature enacted the Address Confidentiality Program Act (Act or Statute), N.J.S.A. 47:4-1 to N.J.S.A 47:4-6, a measure that protects abuse victims by shielding their locations from their abusers. This appeal presents the narrow issue of whether the action of the Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) binds a court in a subsequent proceeding involving custody and visitation. We hold that when address confidentiality is raised in a judicial proceeding involving…