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• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:3-14. Appointment to judgeships; "political parties" defined
  In every county in which there are or may be 2 or more judges of the county court, all appointments to such judgeships shall be ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.65 Definitions relative to child support proceedings.
  1. As used in this act: "Child" means a person, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.66 Tribunal designated.
  2. The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part is the tribunal of this State. L.1998, c.2, s.2. ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.67 Remedies provided deemed cumulative.
  3. Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law. L.1998, c.2, s.3. ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.68 Personal jurisdiction over nonresident individual.
  4. In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.69 Applicable laws governing exercise of jurisdiction over nonresident.
  5. A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident under section 4 of this act may apply section 28 of this act ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.70 Initiating, responding tribunal.
  6. Under this act, a tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to another state and as a responding ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.71 Establishment of support order, jurisdictional basis.
  7. a. A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the complaint, petition or comparable pleading is filed after ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.72 Continuing exclusive jurisdiction of tribunal; exceptions; modifications.
  8. a. A tribunal of this State issuing a support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a child ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.73 Powers of initiating, responding tribunals.
  9. a. A tribunal of this State shall serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce or modify a ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.74 Recognition of orders by tribunals; conditions.
  10. a. If a proceeding is brought under this act, and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.75 Response to multiple registrations, petitions for enforcement.
  11. In responding to multiple registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.76 Crediting of amounts collected.
  12. Amounts collected and credited for a particular period pursuant to a support order issued by a tribunal of another state must be credited against ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.77 Applicability of article; proceedings.
  13. a. Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act. b. This act provides for the following ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.78 Maintenance of proceeding for benefit of child of a minor.
  14. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.79 Duties of responding tribunal of New Jersey.
  15. Except as otherwise provided by this act, a responding tribunal of this State: a. shall apply the procedural and substantive law, including the rules ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.80 Forwarding of documents by initiating tribunal, support enforcement agency to responding state.
  16. a. Upon the filing of a complaint, petition or comparable pleading authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal or the support enforcement agency of ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.81 Filing of complaint, petition, comparable pleading; notification to petitioner; powers of tribunal.
  17. a. When a responding tribunal of this State receives a complaint, petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.82 Forwarding of documents to appropriate tribunal.
  18. If a complaint, petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, it shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.83 Services to petitioner provided by support enforcement agency.
  19. a. A support enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this act. b. A ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.84 Attorney General may order support enforcement agency to perform duties.
  20. If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General may ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.85 Employment of private counsel.
  21. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this act. If the tribunal of this State is acting ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.86 AOC designated State information agency; duties.
  22. a. The Administrative Office of the Courts is the State information agency under this act. b. The State information agency shall: (1) compile and ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.87 Verification of complaint, petition, pleadings; contents.
  23. a. A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under this act shall verify the ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.88 Disclosure of identifying information, protective order.
  24. Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be unreasonably put ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.89 Assessment of fees, costs.
  25. a. The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. b. If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal may ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.90 Participation by petitioner; immunity, certain.
  26. a. Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.91 Nonparentage plea not available, certain.
  27. A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.92 Physical presence of petitioner not required; evidentiary matters.
  28. a. The physical presence of the petitioner in a responding tribunal of this State is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.93 Communication with out-of-State tribunal.
  29. A tribunal of this State may communicate with a tribunal of another state in writing, or by telephone or other means, to obtain information ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.94 Interstate discovery matters.
  30. A tribunal of this State may: a. request a tribunal of another state to assist in obtaining discovery; and b. upon request, compel a ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.95 Prompt disbursement of amounts received.
  31. A support enforcement agency shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.96 Issuance of support order, temporary child support order.
  32. a. If a support order entitled to recognition under this act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State may issue a ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.97 Income-withholding order issued out-of-State sent to payor.
  33. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent to the person or entity defined as the obligor's payor under P. ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.98 Income-withholding order received by employer, compliance.
  34. a. Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. b. ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.99 Satisfaction of multiple orders of withholding.
  35. If an obligor's employer receives multiple orders to withhold support from the earnings of the same obligor, the employer shall be deemed to ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.100 Immunity from civil liability for employer.
  36. An employer who complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this article is not subject to civil liability ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.101 Noncompliance; penalties.
  37. An employer who willfully fails to comply with an income- withholding order issued by another state and received for enforcement is subject to the ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.102 Contesting of validity, enforcement of income-withholding order.
  38. a. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.103 Order issued out-of-State sent to support enforcement agency.
  39. a. A party seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal of another state may ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.104 Registration of out-of-State order.
  40. A support order or an income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of another state may be registered in this State for enforcement. L. ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.105 Procedure for registration.
  41. a. A support order or income-withholding order of another state may be registered in this State by sending the following documents and information ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.106 Filing of order; enforcement.
  42. a. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.107 Law of issuing state governs; longer statute of limitation applies.
  43. a. The law of the issuing state governs the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments and other obligations of support and the ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.108 Notification of nonregistering party by tribunal.
  44. a. When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered, the registering tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.109 Contesting validity, enforcement of registered order, procedure.
  45. a. A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this State shall request a hearing within 20 ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.110 Grounds for contesting validity, enforcement, vacating registration.
  46. a. A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.111 Confirmation of registered order precludes further contest.
  47. Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.112 Modification, enforcement of order issued out-of-State.
  48. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.113 Enforcement of order issued out-of-State.
  49. A tribunal of this State may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.114 Modification of registered order issued out-of-State.
  50. a. After a child support order issued in another state has been registered in this State, the registering tribunal of this State may modify ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.115 Modification of order by another state recognized.
  51. A tribunal of this State shall recognize a modification of its earlier child support order by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.116 Jurisdiction to enforce, modify issuing state's order; law applicable.
  52. a. If all of the individual parties reside in this State and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.117 Issuance, filing of modified child support order.
  53. Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the obligation ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.118 Proceeding to determine parentage.
  54. a. A tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this act or a law ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.119 "Governor" defined; extradition, conditions.
  55. a. For the purposes of this article, "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.120 Surrender of individual charged to other state; rendition; conditions.
  56. a. Before making demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this State with having failed to provide for ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.121 Application, construction of act.
  57. This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.122 Short title.
  58. This act may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act." L.1998,c.2,s.58. ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-30.123 Pending actions, rights, duties unaffected by repeal.
  60. The repeal of P.L.1981, c.243 (C.2A:4-30.24 et seq.) and sections 15 and 16 of P.L.1985, ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-41. Expenses
  Except as otherwise provided by law, all expenses incurred in complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be a county charge. L.1951 (1st ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4-68. Repeals
  The following sections are hereby repealed: N.J.S. 2A:4-14 to 2A:4-17, inclusive, 2A:4-20, 2A:4-21, 2A:4- ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-20. Short title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Code of Juvenile Justice." L.1982, c. 77, s. 1, ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-21 Purposes.
  2. Purposes. This act shall be construed so as to effectuate the following purposes: a. To preserve the unity of the family whenever possible and ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-22. General definitions
  3. General definitions. As used in this act: a. "Juvenile" means an individual who is under the age of 18 years. b. " ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-23 Definition of delinquency.
  4. Definition of delinquency. As used in this act, "delinquency" means the commission of an act by a juvenile which if committed by ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-24. Exclusive jurisdiction of the court and nature of jurisdiction
  a. Except as otherwise provided by law, the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases where it is charged that a juvenile has committed ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-25. Transfer from other courts
  6. Transfer from other courts. Except as provided in section 4 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-23), and unless jurisdiction has ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-26 Referral to another court without juvenile's consent.
  7. Referral to another court without juvenile's consent. a. On motion of the prosecutor, the court shall, without the consent of the juvenile, waive ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-27. Referral to other court at election of juvenile
  Any juvenile 14 years of age or older charged with delinquency may elect to have the case transferred to the appropriate court having jurisdiction. Any ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-28. Effect of referral to other court
  9. Effect of referral to other court. Whenever a case is referred to another court as provided by section 7 of P.L.1982, c. ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-29. Use of juvenile's testimony at referral hearing
  10. Use of juvenile's testimony at referral hearing. No testimony of a juvenile at a hearing pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1982, ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-30. Complaints and petitions
  a. Complaints charging delinquency may be signed by any person who has knowledge of the facts alleged to constitute delinquency or is informed of such ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-31. Taking into custody
  a. A juvenile may be taken into custody: (1) Pursuant to an order or warrant of any court having jurisdiction; or (2) For delinquency, when ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-32. Short-term custody
  13. Short-term custody. a. Under no circumstances shall any juvenile taken into short-term custody under section 12 of P.L.1982, c.77 ( ...
• New Jersey Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Laws Section 2A:4A-33. Taking into custody; notice to parents
  a. Any person taking a juvenile into custody shall immediately notify the parents, or the juvenile's guardian, if any, that the juvenile has been ...

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