In re Nicholas B.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Stanley Gartenstein, J.

As too often occurs in an age of data processing, the court finds itself coping with practices which are nothing more than a response to the computer’s requirements rather than to those of the applicable statute. These practices have assumed an unwarranted aura of legality by repetition and should properly be curtailed before grievous errors of law result.

In this litigation before us, reference is made to statutory provisions pertaining to adjournments in contemplation of dismissal (ACD) which, if not restored to the Trial Calendar within six months,…