Anger Management Solutions for Family Court: Court-Ordered, Consent Order, or Agency-Required — With a Lawyer-Written Completion Letter Courts Accept
Family courts in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut require anger management of parents four ways: in a restraining order or order of protection that limits parenting time; in a consent order, civil restraints, or stipulation that resolves one; in a DCPP, ACS, CPS, or DCF service plan after an investigation; and on the recommendation of a custody evaluator the judge adopts. In every one, the requirement is satisfied by performance and proof — and family courts are where a generic certificate is read by adversaries. NJAMG’s program is live, one on one, customized per client from three sessions to sixteen, scheduled seven days a week, and documented with a Certificate of Completion and a two-to-three-page Completion Letter written by our executive, a retired New Jersey family and criminal law attorney and certified anger management clinician. It is recommended by family lawyers, probation officers, psychologists, and court personnel in all three states, used by clients in Pennsylvania, California, Ohio, Idaho, and across the country, and it is not a batterers intervention program.
Family Court Anger Management — Quick Answer
Quick answer: If a family court, a consent order or civil restraints, a custody evaluator, or DCPP, ACS, CPS, or DCF requires you to complete anger management to keep or restore parenting time, you need two things: a real program and proof the judge, the other side’s lawyer, the evaluator, and the caseworker will accept. NJAMG provides both — a live, one-on-one, customized program (3 to 16 sessions or hours, 7 days a week, English or Spanish) and documentation that has never been rejected by a family court in New Jersey, New York, or Connecticut: an enrollment letter the same day, progress reports on request, a Certificate of Completion, and a two-to-three-page Completion Letter written by a retired family and criminal law attorney. Issued under New Jersey Anger Management Group or Behavioral Concepts and Advancement. Not a BIP. Text ENROLL to 201-205-3201.
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New Jersey · New York · Connecticut family courts
New JerseySuperior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part in all 21 counties — FV, FD, FM, and FN (DCPP) dockets; civil restraints; risk assessments; custody neutral assessments.New YorkFamily Court in every county (five in New York City) and Supreme Court matrimonial parts — Articles 6, 8, and 10 (ACS/CPS); orders on consent; forensic evaluators; Attorneys for the Child; IDV courts.ConnecticutSuperior Court Family Division in every Judicial District — § 46b-15 restraining orders, custody, DCF neglect cases; Family Relations; consent orders and stipulations; guardians ad litem.Clients also inNew Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Ohio, Idaho, and every other state — the program is delivered by live video and the documentation is addressed to the client’s own court.
NJAMG is a private program and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any court, the New Jersey Judiciary, the New York State Unified Court System, the Connecticut Judicial Branch, DCPP, ACS, any county Department of Social Services, or DCF. NJAMG is psychoeducational and is not psychotherapy, medical or mental health treatment, or a batterers intervention program, and does not give legal advice; whether a particular program satisfies a particular order is a question for your attorney. Court information is provided for convenience and may change.
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New Jersey Family Courts — All 21 Counties
595 Newark Avenue, Jersey CityEssex County
212 Washington Street, NewarkBergen County
10 Main Street, HackensackPassaic County
401 Grand Street, PatersonUnion County
2 Broad Street, ElizabethMiddlesex County
120 New Street, New BrunswickMonmouth County
71 Monument Park, FreeholdOcean County
120 Hooper Avenue, Toms RiverMorris County
Washington and Court Streets, MorristownSussex County
43-47 High Street, NewtonSomerset County
20 North Bridge Street, SomervilleHunterdon County
65 Park Avenue, FlemingtonWarren County
413 Second Street, BelvidereMercer County
175 South Broad Street, TrentonBurlington County
49 Rancocas Road, Mount HollyCamden County
101 South 5th Street, CamdenGloucester County
70 Hunter Street, WoodburyCumberland County
60 West Broad Street, BridgetonSalem County
92 Market Street, SalemAtlantic County
1201 Bacharach Boulevard, Atlantic CityCape May County
4 Moore Road, Cape May Court House
New York Family Courts — New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and Upstate
60 Lafayette Street, ManhattanBrooklyn (Kings County)
330 Jay Street, BrooklynQueens County
151-20 Jamaica Avenue, JamaicaBronx County
900 Sheridan Avenue, BronxStaten Island (Richmond County)
100 Richmond Terrace, Staten IslandNassau County
1200 Old Country Road, WestburySuffolk County
400 Carleton Avenue, Central IslipWestchester County
111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, White PlainsRockland County
One South Main Street, New CityOrange County
Main Street, GoshenDutchess County
50 Market Street, PoughkeepsieErie County (Buffalo)
One Niagara Plaza, BuffaloMonroe County (Rochester)
99 Exchange Boulevard, RochesterOnondaga County (Syracuse)
401 Montgomery Street, SyracuseAlbany County
30 Clinton Avenue, Albany
Connecticut Family Courts
90 Washington Street, HartfordNew Haven
235 Church Street, New HavenBridgeport
1061 Main Street, BridgeportStamford
123 Hoyt Street, StamfordWaterbury
300 Grand Street, WaterburyNew Britain
20 Franklin Square, New BritainNew London
70 Huntington Street, New LondonDanbury
146 White Street, Danbury
For Connecticut consent orders and stipulations on restraining orders, see also our Connecticut family court cluster and the Connecticut restraining order pages.
How Each State Requires Anger Management — Ordered, Agreed, Required by an Agency, or Recommended by an Evaluator
New Jersey — Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part
Ordered under a restraining order: Under the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, an FRO (N.J.S.A. Agreed in a consent order or civil restraints: The most common New Jersey resolution of a TRO between co-parents: the plaintiff dismisses the FV complaint and the parties enter a consent order with civil restraints in the FM or FD docket — no contact except about the children, a parenting schedule, and, very often, the defendant’s completion of an anger management program by a date certain with proof to the other side.. Required by DCPP: After a referral, DCPP investigates and closes with a finding — unfounded, not established, established, or substantiated — and, in many cases, a service plan. Recommended by an evaluator: In contested custody, a custody neutral assessment, a best-interest evaluation, or a risk assessment in the FV docket routinely recommends anger management for one parent as a condition of expanded parenting time.
New York — Family Court (and Supreme Court in matrimonial actions)
Ordered with an order of protection: In an Article 8 family offense proceeding, the Family Court can issue an order of protection with conditions; under Family Court Act § 842 those can include participation in programs, and judges routinely condition visitation on completing anger management. Agreed ‘on consent’: Most New York custody and visitation orders are entered on consent after negotiation with the Attorney for the Child in the room. Required by ACS or CPS: After a report to the State Central Register, ACS (in the five boroughs) or the county CPS investigates and may indicate the case, open preventive services, or file an Article 10 petition. Recommended by a forensic evaluator: In contested custody the court appoints a forensic evaluator, and the report frequently recommends anger management for one parent as a condition of expanded or unsupervised time.
Connecticut — Superior Court, Family Division
Ordered with a restraining order: A § 46b-15 restraining order can set custody and visitation within the order itself and condition parenting time on a program; Family Relations meets with both parties before the hearing and its recommendations — often including anger management — become the order’s terms.. Agreed in a consent order or stipulation: Most Connecticut restraining order cases between co-parents end in a consent order without findings or a withdrawal on stipulation, and most of those stipulations require the respondent to complete an anger management program by a date with proof to counsel, the guardian ad litem, or Family Relations. Required by DCF: A DCF investigation ends in a substantiation decision and, frequently, a case plan; anger management is one of the services DCF most often lists, and in a § 46b-129 neglect case the court reviews compliance with the specific steps at every hearing. Recommended by Family Relations or a GAL: Family Relations evaluations and guardian ad litem reports in contested custody routinely recommend anger management for one parent as a condition of expanded time.
The Generic Certificate vs. the Lawyer-Written Completion Letter
The certificate on the left is what most “court-approved online anger management” produces: a name, a date, a course title, and nothing a judge, an evaluator, or a caseworker can check. It is often questioned or denied when a court or agency is involved. On the right is what NJAMG produces — and why our program is the one family lawyers, probation officers, and psychologists recommend.
A typical generic online certificate: name, date, course title, signature. Nothing to verify — and often denied when a court or agency is involved.What NJAMG’s Completion Letter Contains
- Who you are and why you enrolled — the order, consent order, civil restraints, DCPP, ACS/CPS, or DCF plan, or evaluator recommendation, cited by docket and date.
- The assessment — what the instructor found about the incident, the pattern, and the family situation, in professional language the court can rely on.
- The curriculum — the customized lessons and exercises, the REBT and CBT methods used, and why they were chosen for this parent and this case.
- Every session by date and length — three to sixteen live one-on-one video sessions, with total hours.
- Your engagement — attendance, preparation, candor, and the work done between sessions.
- The change the instructor observed — stated as a professional opinion by a certified anger management clinician.
- Credentials and verification — Santo V. Artusa Jr., J.D., C.A.M.T., retired New Jersey family and criminal law attorney; (201) 205-3201 for the family court.
Live, One-on-One, Customized Per Client: 3 to 16 Sessions, 7 Days a Week
Every client begins with an assessment — the incident behind the order, the relationship, the children, the schedule, and what the court has said it needs to see. From that the instructor writes customized lessons and exercises grounded in REBT and CBT — de-escalation at exchanges, communication through a co-parenting app or under a no-contact rule, conflict in front of children, the specific pattern that produced the order — and works through them in live, private, one-on-one video sessions with the same instructor, three to sixteen depending on the order, the agreement, or the caseworker, scheduled seven days a week around parenting time and work, in English or Spanish. Documentation follows the work: an enrollment letter the day you start, progress reports whenever someone needs one, and on the last day the Certificate of Completion and the two-to-three-page Completion Letter — under New Jersey Anger Management Group or Behavioral Concepts and Advancement.
More Than Anger Management: Taught by Someone Who Knows the Courtroom and the Rebuilding
What clients say sets NJAMG apart from the one-dimensional programs they tried before is who is on the other side of the screen. Our executive practiced family and criminal law in New Jersey for fifteen years, was named to Best Lawyers in America as a family mediator, and sat beside hundreds of parents in the courtrooms these pages describe. He also went through a divorce after a seventeen-year marriage and rebuilt his life and his relationship with his two children. The program he built addresses the anger and what the anger sits on top of: how to see a case from a higher and wider vantage point than the obstacle of this week; how to rebuild self-confidence after being described in a court filing at your worst; how to be a parent on a supervised schedule without letting the schedule define you; how to save a relationship that can be saved and move forward without looking back from one that cannot; respect, perseverance, and determination as skills rather than slogans. Clients regularly tell us the change outlasted the case — and judges, evaluators, and the other side regularly notice.
Recommended by the People Who Read the Proof
From the Order to the Letter
- Text ENROLL NJ to 201-205-3201 with a photo of the order, the consent order, the DCPP, ACS/CPS, or DCF service plan, or the evaluator’s recommendation.
- Same-day intake and assessment. We read the language — session count or hours, provider standard, deadline, recipients — and if it requires a BIP or a licensed clinical provider we tell you before you pay.
- Same-day enrollment letter to you and your attorney, for the judge, the caseworker, or the other side.
- Your custom course: lessons written from the assessment; live one-on-one video sessions with the same instructor, seven days a week; progress reports whenever someone needs one.
- Certificate of Completion and the two-to-three-page Completion Letter the day you finish — addressed as the order directs, before the deadline, verifiable by phone.
Read the order; do the program it names — and never contact the other parent about it. “Anger management” and “batterers intervention program” are different obligations; we tell you which you have at intake. If a restraining order or order of protection is in force, contact is a crime whoever initiates it; every document goes to your attorney.
This Is a No Judgment Zone
A restraining order, a supervised schedule, or a DCPP, ACS/CPS, or DCF finding describes the worst moments of a family as if they were the whole of it. You will not get that treatment here. Our sessions for a parent required to complete anger management for family court are private, one on one, and start with what happened in your words — because the assessment needs the truth, and because the instructor has sat where you are sitting.
Every Google Review We Have Ever Received: Five Stars
Our clients are parents who had a schedule to restore and a court to satisfy — and who finished the program, got their documentation, and moved on. Read their words on Google before you decide.
“I had an excellent experience with NJAMG. The instructor is the best. He is very kind and very helpful. The instructor was always respectful, encouraging and helps me a lot to give my best. The instructor is very punctual and always very attentive. Whenever I need he help me right way. He always think about my problems and give me the exact lesson which I need. He is genuinely dedicated to helping people like us. This anger management class is highly recommended because the instructors personalize every lesson to fit real-life situations. They are patient, respectful, and create a safe, judgment-free environment to help you make real change. Thank you Mr. Santo Artusa.”
Md Ahaduzzaman · Google review · ★★★★★
“I had a great experience completing my 8 anger management sessions with this program. The director was understanding, professional, and very easy to communicate with. I was able to openly discuss my situation without feeling judged, and their guidance really helped me work through everything and communicate more effectively. I truly appreciate the support and encouragement I received throughout the process and would definitely recommend this program to others.”
Terin Hyman · Google review · ★★★★★
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Started in New Jersey Family Court. Serving New York, Connecticut, and the Country.
NJAMG was founded in Jersey City in 2012 by Santo V. Artusa Jr., J.D., C.A.M.T. — a Rutgers Law graduate, former public defender, and family-law mediator named to Best Lawyers in America, who retired from practice to run this program full time. No family court in New Jersey, New York, or Connecticut has rejected NJAMG documentation since 2012; clients in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Ohio, Idaho, and every other state use the same program in their own courts; and our Court Acceptance Guarantee applies to every one of them.
Manejo de la ira para el tribunal de familia — ayuda en español
Si un tribunal de familia de Nueva Jersey, Nueva York o Connecticut, una orden de consentimiento, o DCPP, ACS, CPS o DCF le exige completar manejo de la ira para recuperar o mantener el tiempo con sus hijos, podemos cumplir ese requisito en español: evaluación inicial, lecciones personalizadas, de tres a dieciséis sesiones privadas por video uno a uno los siete días de la semana, carta de inscripción el mismo día, informes de progreso, certificado de finalización y una carta de finalización de dos a tres páginas escrita por nuestro director, abogado retirado de derecho de familia y penal de Nueva Jersey. No es un programa para agresores (BIP). Envíe ENROLL por texto al 201-205-3201.
Family Court Anger Management Questions We Get
Is NJAMG a batterers intervention program?
No. A BIP — New York’s batterer’s education program under Family Court Act § 842, Connecticut’s FVEP/EXPLORE/EVOLVE, a New Jersey court-ordered BIP — is a long, group-based, court-contracted program for a pattern of coercive control. NJAMG is a private, one-on-one, psychoeducational anger management program: what family courts order, agree to in consent orders and civil restraints, and what DCPP, ACS, CPS, and DCF write into service plans when the word is ‘anger management.’ If your order requires a BIP, we tell you at intake.
What makes NJAMG different from a generic online class?
Four things. It is live and one on one — never a group, never a self-paced video. It is customized per client from an assessment, three to sixteen sessions or hours. It is taught by our executive, a retired New Jersey family and criminal law attorney and certified anger management clinician who knows what the court will ask. And it ends with a two-to-three-page Completion Letter he writes for the judge, the caseworker, and the evaluator — not the generic certificate courts have learned to question.
Who recommends NJAMG?
Family lawyers, probation officers, psychologists and custody evaluators, court personnel, and parenting coordinators in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut — because the documentation has never been rejected and clients show up to the next hearing changed. Clients in Pennsylvania, California, Ohio, Idaho, and across the country use the same program in their own courts.
How many sessions, and how fast?
Three to sixteen, matched to the order, agreement, or service plan and to the case; scheduled seven days a week from early morning to late evening, so an eight-session program fits inside three to five weeks. Enrollment letter the same day; progress reports on request.
Can the documents be issued under a different name?
Yes — under New Jersey Anger Management Group or under our Behavioral Concepts and Advancement name. Same program, same instructor, same letter.
Will my court accept it?
Our documentation has been accepted in every New Jersey vicinage, in New York Family and Supreme Courts and by ACS and county CPS offices, and at every Connecticut family court since 2012, and our Court Acceptance Guarantee refunds your fee if your court will not. The exception is an order that requires a BIP or a licensed clinical evaluation, which we identify at intake.
Is the program available in Spanish?
Yes — the assessment, lessons, sessions, and every document, including the Completion Letter.
Is this therapy?
No. NJAMG is psychoeducational — assessment, customized lessons grounded in REBT and CBT, and private sessions with a certified anger management clinician. It is not psychotherapy or clinical treatment, and the letter says so.
More From NJAMG
Pricing. Flat rate by program length — three to sixteen sessions — quoted by text before you commit, with the assessment, customized lessons, every live one-on-one session, the enrollment letter, progress reports, the Certificate of Completion, and the two-to-three-page Completion Letter included. Direct pay; payment plans available; sliding-scale pricing when possible.
Documentation Family Courts Accept. Text ENROLL to 201-205-3201.
A customized, live, one-on-one anger management program — three to sixteen sessions, seven days a week — and a Certificate of Completion with a two-to-three-page Completion Letter written by a retired New Jersey family and criminal law attorney. Recommended by family lawyers, probation officers, and psychologists. Not a BIP. Accepted or refunded.
Also reachable at (929) 788-6382 · Enroll online · Se habla español
New Jersey Anger Management Group (also issuing documentation as Behavioral Concepts and Advancement) · 97 Newkirk Street, 2nd Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07306 · (201) 205-3201 · njangermgt@pm.me · Founded 2012 · Serving all 50 states. NJAMG is a private program and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any court, the New Jersey Judiciary, the New York State Unified Court System, the Connecticut Judicial Branch, DCPP, ACS, any county Department of Social Services, or DCF. NJAMG is psychoeducational and is not psychotherapy, medical or mental health treatment, or a batterers intervention program, and does not give legal advice; whether a particular program satisfies a particular order is a question for your attorney. Court information is provided for convenience and may change.