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Here in New Jersey two general rules regarding fences.
1. The fence must be erected 6" from the property line on the installers side. So if you and your neighbor both erected a fence there would be one foot of no mans land between them. Stupid and causes unsightly fence lines but that is how it works.
2. The finished side of a fence goes toward the neighbor or public.
Regarding the wall. Is it a divider or a retaining wall? A dividing wall may follow the fence rule. If it is a retaining wall clearly the responsibility of the property owner whose land it is retaining.
Laslty anything that encroaches on your property you have the right to remove. If the neighbor has a tree and a branch grows across the property line, you have the right to remove the branch up to the point it cross the property line. Same would stand for the fence. You can not remove what is on his side but you can remove what is on your side.
First thing you will want to do is get a survey.
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