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Posted by anonymous | September 21, 2016 | Hired Attorney

DCPP is a broken system

There is only one choice when the DCPP becomes involved in your life. Even if the worker, investigator or supervisor is morally sound it still does not make up for the fact that the rules they abide by are broken, they are overworked and there is no possible way they can make a judgment on your Lif...e by filling out a few checklists and getting a couple of references. These people are also obligated by the state to put you into programs where they will receive money, . They are usually burned out and want to punish you for whatever reason they feel Is easiest. They are not educated and they do not have medical or legal degrees to make any kind of assumption on the health and well-being of your child. We need a system in the country to protect our children but CPS a.k.a. the DCPP are not the right choice. They are not governed by anyone but themselves, they do not have random audits done on them, and they have completely legal immunity to do lots of very nasty things to destroy families when they are supposed to be helping them. Jef and his team were very informational, calm and collected, and kept me from worrying throughout the whole case. His demeanor reputation and connections are something that you will desperately want on your side when the DCPP becomes a part of your life. my recommendation would be to retain Jef and also educate yourself on the laws of the state and what the DCP P handbook states. The DCP P advocacy department are not lawyers and do not even know their own state and country laws. Do not wait on retaining a lawyer and do not comply with them unless your lawyer tells you too. Do not think because you are educated, have a nice home , are a good parent, and have great references that the DCPP will be good. They may go after you even harder because of it. GET JEF NOW

Posted by Sara | April 07, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Changed our lives, literally.

My nephew was placed in emergency foster care in NJ. I contacted Jef within the hour of finding out by phone as we live in NC. From the moment I spoke with Jef he began working to help us get custody of our nephew. Due to the county in NJ we were dealing with things were very difficult but Jef cont...inued to fight for us. We went up to NJ to court in February and it was ruled that we needed to be a licensed foster home to gain custody of our nephew, which in our state is at minimum a 6 month process. This was not acceptable, and Jef said he would do everything possible to get him to us sooner. We were instructed to come back to NJ March 22nd for another court date. Initially the court was going to hold to the fact that we had to be licensed to gain custody even though we weren't requesting any subsidy or support. However, because of Jef and his team, we had him in our arms several hours later. The entire courtroom was in tears because everyone was so happy with the outcome. Because of Jef, we got our boy. Because of Jef, we saved our nephew from the horrors of foster care. That is how Jef literally changed our lives, and we will be forever thankful!

Posted by Stu | February 28, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Fast, Effective Elimination of Alimony, Low Cost

Jef represented me in my case to eliminate my alimony payments so I could consider retiring. He was responsive, gave great advice, negotiated on my behalf, and took care of all the court filings and administration and paperwork. He got me what I wanted. His fee was much lower than I had expected, ...partly because he operates very lean and very efficiently. I would recommend him highly to anyone needing a good lawyer. I would hire him again in a minute next time I need a NJ lawyer. I could not have had better representation.

Posted by shannon | February 04, 2015

Very professional and caring

I retained Jef Henninger for a child support emancipation case. It was not a clear cut case as the other parent was suing to emancipate my adult college student son. My son did not maintain a passing grade point average and I was extremely concerned. Jef Henninger took my case on very short notice an...d was able to obtain a very fair settlement that was beneficial to all parties including my son. It was handled quickly and very professionally saving both parents a great deal of money in legal fees. This also saved me, the custodial parent a lot of stress.

Posted by Ken | January 15, 2015

Saved me alot of time!! Thanks Jef

Had a TRO dismissed in 2003. In the first week of Sept 2014 I applied for a firearms ID card in Hunterdon County. After meeting on Dec 2014 with the detective handling my permit application, he told me that it might take a year or longer. Contacted Mr Henninger on Dec 22,2014. He faxed a letter to th...e local Chief, and the called the detective handling my application about the delay. Within a week I had my new FID card and handgun permit. Thank You

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