The New Jersey Senate has granted tenure to three sitting Superior Court judges.

The Senate approved Gov. Phil Murphy's tenure  nominations, shortly after they were vetted by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The judges granted tenure are Timothy Chell, the presiding civil judge in Gloucester County; Michael Hubner, currently assigned to the Criminal Part in Morris County; and Nancy Ridgway, now the presiding Family Part judge in Atlantic County.

Hubner was the only judge to receive opposition. His tenure nomination was opposed by a Family Part litigant, Tobia Ippolito, and a fathers' rights group, the Families Civil Liberties Union, who allege that Hubner abused his authority in handling Ippolito's case.

Last year, Ippolito challenged the tenure nomination of Morris County Superior Court Judge Philip Maenza, who also was involved in his case.

The FCLU issued a press release on Wednesday calling for Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas  Scutari, D-Union, to resign for failing to allow witnesses to testify against Hubner.

“It is unconscionable in today's era for a public servant who is entrusted with the confidence of the people to block victims of judicial nominees from testifying publicly against such nominees,” Gregory Roberts, the president of the FCLU, said in the statement.

Scutari did not return a call seeking comment.

Sen. Gerald Cardinale, R-Bergen, who for years has been a vocal critic of the state's judiciary, opposed the nomination. During Monday's hearings, he accused Hubner of abusing his authority and asked Scutari to delay Hubner's tenure nomination so he could review “volumes” of material related to the nomination.

Scutari declined, and the nomination moved forward. All three tenure nominations were approved later Monday by the full Senate.