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• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:1-1. Equal rights of parents to services and earnings of minor child; action for injuries to child
  The father and mother of a minor child are equally entitled to its services and earnings. If one of the parents be dead, has abandoned ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-1. Custody of children of parents divorced in another state or country; action in Superior Court; notice to persons interested; judgment; exclusion from hearing; records not open to public inspection
  After a divorce adjudged in any other State or country, if minor children of the marriage are inhabitants of this State, the Superior Court, in ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-2. Custody of children of divorced or separated parents within jurisdiction of Superior Court; removal from jurisdiction; consent; security
  When the Superior Court has jurisdiction over the custody and maintenance of the minor children of parents divorced, separated or living separate, and such children ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-3. Custody of children of parents living separately; powers of court
  9:2-3. When the parents of a minor child live separately, or are about to do so, the Superior Court, in an action brought ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-4 Custody of child; rights of both parents considered.
  9:2-4. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public policy of this State to assure minor children of frequent and ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-4.1 Person convicted of sexual assault, custody of, visitation to minor child; denied, exceptions.
  1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a person convicted of sexual assault under N.J.S.2C:14-2 shall not ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-4.2 Parental access to children's records.
  1. a. Every parent, except as prohibited by federal and State law, shall have access to records and information pertaining to his or her unemancipated ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-5. Death of parent having custody; reversion of custody to surviving parent; appointment of guardian by superior court; removal
  In case of the death of the parent to whom the care and custody of the minor children shall have been awarded by the Superior ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-7. Habeas corpus to determine custody of child; access to child
  When any husband and wife shall live in a state of separation without being divorced, and shall have any minor child of the marriage, the ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-7.1. Visitation rights for grandparents, siblings
  1.a. A grandparent or any sibling of a child residing in this State may make application before the Superior Court, in accordance with the ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-7.2. Concealment of child; preliminary hearing as to custody
  1. When any husband and wife shall live in a state of separation without being divorced and shall have any minor child or children of ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-9. Unfit parents and custodians, court action to grant relief
  9:2-9. When the parents of any minor child or the parent or other person having the actual care and custody of any minor ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-10. Order for proper care of child
  9:2-10. In an action brought pursuant to R.S.9:2-9, the Superior Court, after an investigation shall have been made by ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-11. Commitment of child to child caring society; cost of proceedings; consent to adoption of child; support by relative
  The court before which such proceedings shall be conducted, may, in the same manner but in lieu of committing such child, as in section 9: ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-13. Definitions
  For the purposes of this act, the following words and phrases, unless otherwise indicated, shall be deemed to have the following meanings: (a) The phrase & ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-14. Surrender of child custody; validity
  Except as otherwise provided by law or by order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or by testamentary disposition, no surrender of the ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-15. Surrender or termination of rights of one parent; rights of other parent
  No surrender of custody by, nor termination of the parental rights of, one parent shall affect the rights of the other parent; nor may one ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-16. Voluntary surrender to approved agency
  An approved agency may take a voluntary surrender of custody of a child from the parent of such child, or from such other person or ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-17. Form of surrender
  The form of any such surrender shall be such as to declare that the person executing the same desires to relinquish the custody of the ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-18. Procedure to terminate parental rights
  6. An approved agency which is providing supervision of a child may institute an action in the Superior Court, seeking the termination of the rights ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-19. Grounds for terminating custody
  If the court shall determine that custody of the child has been surrendered as provided in Article II of this act, the court may declare ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-20. Judgment terminating rights; effect of judgment
  If the court shall find that the parents of the child should have no further right to custody of the child, or that the custodian ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:2-21. Effective date
  This act shall take effect July 1, 1955. L.1955, c. 232, p. 898, s. 9. ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-37 Liberal construction; rights of affected persons.
  1. This act shall be liberally construed to the end that the best interests of children be promoted and that the safety of children be ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-38 Definitions.
  2. For the purposes of this act: a. "Approved agency" means a nonprofit corporation, association or agency, including any public agency, approved by ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-39.1 Offering, assisting in the placement of child for adoption, conditions.
  18. a. A person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or agency shall not place, offer to place or materially assist in the placement of any child ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-40 Qualification of agencies for approval.
  4. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall promulgate rules and regulations relating to the qualification of agencies for approval to make placements for adoption ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-40.1 Denial, suspension, revocation, refusal to renew agency's certificate on character requisites.
  2. The Department of Children and Families may deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew an adoption agency's certificate of approval if the agency ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-41. Surrender of child
  5. a. Surrender of a child to an approved agency for the purpose of adoption, other than a surrender taken in accordance with P.L. ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-41.1 Provision of available information on child's development to prospective parent.
  1. a. An approved agency making an investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding the surrender of a child shall provide a prospective parent with ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-42. Jurisdiction in Chancery, venue
  6. An action for adoption shall be instituted in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part of the county in which the prospective parent resides, ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-43. Instituting adoption actions; qualifications
  7. a. Any person may institute an action for adoption except that a married person may do so only with the written consent of his ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-43.1 Conditions for recognizing foreign adoptions, certain circumstances.
  1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1977, c.367 (C.9:3-37 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, an ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-43.2 Force of final judgment of adoption in a foreign jurisdiction, certain circumstances.
  2. A final judgment of adoption granted by a judicial, administrative or executive body of a jurisdiction or country other than the United States shall ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-44. Filing of complaint
  8. Whenever a person receives a child into his home for the purpose of adoption other than from an approved agency, a complaint for adoption ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-45 Notice of complaint to parents.
  9. a. In an adoption proceeding pursuant to P.L.1977, c.367 (C.9:3-37 et seq.), notice of the complaint may not ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-45.1 Rules, regulations.
  6. The Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Department of Health and Senior Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-45.2 Resource family parent notice, opportunity to be heard.
  3. In any case in which the Division of Youth and Family Services accepts a child in its care or custody, the child's resource ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-46 Objection to adoption.
  10. a. A person who is entitled to notice pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1977, c.367 (C.9:3-45) shall have ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-47 Action on complaint for adoption of child received from approved agency.
  11. a. When the child to be adopted has been received from an approved agency, the prospective parent shall file with the court a complaint ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-48 Action on complaint for adoption of child not received from approved agency.
  12. a. When the child to be adopted has not been received from an approved agency, the prospective parent shall file with the court a ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-49. Age 10 or older, hearing appearance, child's wishes
  13. If the child sought to be adopted is of the age of 10 years or over, the appearance of the child shall be required ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-50. Entry of judgment of adoption, effect; inheritance rights
  14. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1993, c.345). b. The entry of a judgment of adoption shall establish the same relationships, rights, and ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-51. Judgments of adoption; records
  15. The clerk of the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part shall promptly file all judgments of adoption and shall maintain an alphabetical index of ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-52. Records of proceedings
  16. a. All records of proceedings relating to adoption, including the complaint, judgment and all petitions, affidavits, testimony, reports, briefs, orders and other relevant documents, ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-53. Costs of proceedings
  17. The costs of all proceedings pursuant to P.L.1977, c.367 (C.9:3-37 et seq.) shall be borne by the plaintiff, ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-54.1 Rules, regulations.
  19. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-54.2 Home study; fingerprint and criminal data.
  21. a. (1) In addition to meeting the other requirements established by the Department of Children and Families, a home study completed by an approved ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-55 Report of prospective parents.
  19. a. A prospective parent who is not a brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent, resource family parent, birth father or stepparent of the child to ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3-56. Severability
  If any provision of this act, or any application of any provision, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other applications of the provision, ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-1 Short title.
  1. Sections 2 through 15 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Department of Children and Families Act." ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-2 Findings, declarations relative to establishing Department of Children and Families.
  2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. In 2003, New Jersey settled a class action lawsuit alleging that the State's child welfare system, ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-3 Department of Children and Families established.
  3. There is established in the Executive Branch of the State Government a principal department that shall be known as the Department of Children and ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-4 Definitions relative to Department of Children and Families.
  4. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Children and Families. "Department" means the Department of Children and ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-5 Commissioner of Children and Families.
  5. a. The head and chief administrative officer of the department shall be the Commissioner of Children and Families. The commissioner shall be a person ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-6 Designation of final decision maker for contested cases.
  6. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the commissioner may designate an appropriate ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-7 Responsibilities, duties of commissioner.
  7. The commissioner, as administrator and chief executive officer of the department, shall: a. Administer the work of the department; b. Appoint and remove officers ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-7.1 Regulations for implementing provisions of act establishing the department.
  203. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Commissioner of Children and Families ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-8 Necessary investigations; powers.
  8. The commissioner may make, or cause to be made, such investigations as he deems necessary in the administration of the Department of Children and ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-9 Functions, powers, duties of Office of Children's Services transferred to department.
  9. All of the functions, powers and duties of the Office of Children's Services in the Department of Human Services, and the power to ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-10 "Office of Children's Services" refers to Department of Children and Families.
  10. a. Whenever the term "Office of Children's Services" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, regulation, contract or ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-11 Transfer of certain DHS staff to department.
  11. A proportionate share of the programmatic, administrative, and support staff of the Department of Human Services supporting the functions, powers and duties transferred under ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-12 Act subject to C.52:14D-1 et seq.
  12. This act shall be subject to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D- ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-13 Inapplicability of act.
  13. This act shall not: a. affect the tenure, compensation, and pension rights, if any, of the lawful holder thereof, in any position not specifically ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:3A-14 Criminal history record information check for certain employees.
  14. The Department of Children and Families shall not employ any individual as a direct care staff member unless the Commissioner of Children and Families ...
• New Jersey Children--Juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts Laws Section 9:6-1. Abuse, abandonment, cruelty and neglect of child; what constitutes
  9:6-1. Abuse, abandonment, cruelty and neglect of child; what constitutes. Abuse of a child shall consist in any of the following acts: (a) ...

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