Rule 8:8-5 Adjournments

(a) State Tax Cases. Adjournments of pretrial conferences and trials will be granted only for good cause shown and may be subject to sanctions as provided by R. 1:2-4(a). Routine adjournments will not be permitted.

(b) Local Property Tax Cases. Except as provided in R. 8:8-5(c), adjournments of pretrial conferences and trials will be granted only for good cause shown and may be subject to sanctions as provided by R. 1:2-4(a). Routine adjournments will not be permitted. Failure to file the mandatory settlement conference report and certify that answers have been provided by all parties to standard form interrogatories shall result in a mandatory in-person conference with the assigned trial judge. The sanctions as provided by R. 1:2-4(a) other than dismissal of the complaint shall also be applicable to any party who without good cause fails to attend a mandatory settlement conference scheduled pursuant to R. 8:6-8.

(c) Standard Track Local Property Tax Cases. In standard track local property tax cases having an assigned trial date within fourteen (14) months after the date of the filing of the complaint, the case manager, having confirmed that the parties have complied with the requisite procedures of R. 8:6-8, shall grant a request for an adjournment by the non-defaulting party within thirty (30) days after the scheduled mandatory settlement conference pursuant to R. 8:6-8, and shall schedule the trial after the fourteenth (14th) month but not later than the eighteenth (18th) month following the filing of the complaint.