New Jersey Revised Statutes Title 9 - Children--juvenile And Domestic Relations Courts

• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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 by...
• 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 continuing...
• Section 9:2-4a - Best Interest Of Child Primary Consideration.
  4.Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, in any action concerning children undertaken by a State department, agency, commission, authority, court of...
• 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 be awarded the custody...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 child...
• 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 the chief probation officer of...
• 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...
• Section 9:2-12.1 - Definitions Relative To Child Custody, Parenting Time Arrangements Related To Certain Military Service Absences.
  1. a. As used in this section: "Deployment" means: (1) the assignment of a service member by military order for military combat, or other...
• Section 9:2-13 - Definitions.
  1.For the purposes of P.L.1955, c.232 (C.9:2-13 et seq.), the following words and phrases, unless otherwise indicated, shall be deemed to have the following...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 9:2-19 - Grounds For Terminating Custody.
  7.If the court shall determine that custody of the child has been surrendered as provided in Article II of P.L.1955, c.232 (C.9:2-13 et seq.),...
• 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...
• Section 9:2-21 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect July 1, 1955. L.1955, c. 232, p. 898, s. 9.
• 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...
• Section 9:3-38 - Definitions.
  2.For the purposes of P.L.1977, c.367 (C.9:3-37 et seq.): a."Approved agency" means a nonprofit corporation, association, or agency, including any public agency, approved by...
• 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...
• Section 9:3-39.2 - Provision Of Certain Information.
  7.In the event that the adopted person was under the care and custody of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department...
• Section 9:3-39.3 - Request For Certain Information.
  8. a. An authorized requester may request the adoption facilitator that placed the child for adoption or conducted an investigation pursuant to section 12...
• 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...
• 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 is...
• Section 9:3-40.2 - Definitions Relative To Adoption Agencies.
  1.As used in this act: "Approved agency" or "agency" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 2 of P.L.1977, c.367 (C.9:3-38); "Department"...
• Section 9:3-40.3 - Criminal History Record Background Check For Staff Members Of Adoption Agency.
  2. a. As a condition of securing or maintaining approval by the Department of Children and Families as an adoption agency, the administrator of...
• Section 9:3-40.4 - Request For Criminal History Record Background Check By Agency.
  3. a. In the case of an adoption agency established after the effective date of this act, the administrator of the agency, prior to...
• Section 9:3-40.5 - Disqualification Of Staff Member For Employment.
  4.Except as provided in subsection d. of this section, a current staff member, or an applicant for employment, shall be disqualified from employment at...
• Section 9:3-40.6 - Convincing Evidence Of Rehabilitation.
  5. a. For crimes and offenses other than those cited in subsections a. and b. of section 4 of this act, a staff member...
• Section 9:3-40.7 - Immunity From Liability Relative To Disclosure Of Information By Agency.
  6. a. An approved agency that has received an employment application from an individual, or currently employs a staff member, shall be immune from...
• Section 9:3-40.8 - Child Abuse Record Information Check By Agency.
  7. a. In addition to the requirement for a criminal history record background check pursuant to section 2 of this act, the administrator of...
• Section 9:3-40.9 - Agency Established After Effective Date, Request For Child Abuse Record Information Check For All Staff Members.
  8. a. In the case of an adoption agency established after the effective date of this act, the administrator of the agency, prior to...
• Section 9:3-40.10 - Adoption Agencies Located Out-of-state.
  9.In the case of an adoption agency located outside the State, the administrator of the agency shall ensure that all applicants or staff members...
• Section 9:3-40.11 - Regulations Unaffected.
  6. a. Nothing in this act shall affect regulations adopted by the Department of Children and Families with respect to adoptions facilitated by the...
• 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.1955,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 adopting parent shall not be...
• 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...
• Section 9:3-44 - Filing Of Complaint.
  8.Whenever a person receives a child into the person's home for the purpose of adoption other than from an approved agency, a complaint for...
• 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 be waived and a notice...
• 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," P.L.1968, c.410...
• Section 9:3-45.2 - Resource Family Relative, Parent, Notice, Right To Be Heard.
  3.In any case in which the Division of Child Protection and Permanency accepts a child in its care or custody, the child's resource family...
• 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 the right to object to...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 responsibilities between...
• 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...
• Section 9:3-52 - Court Records Of Proceedings.
  16. a.All court records of proceedings relating to adoption, including the complaint, judgment, and all petitions, affidavits, testimony, reports, briefs, orders, and other relevant...
• 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, including the costs incurred by...
• 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 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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." L.2006, c.47,
• 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, which was...
• 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...
• 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 Families established by this...
• 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...
• 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 officer of the department to serve...
• 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 and other...
• 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 may, with the approval of...
• Section 9:3a-7.2 - List Of State-owned Properties Available For Use As Residential Treatment Facility For Certain Juveniles.
  1.The Commissioner of Children and Families, in conjunction with the State Treasurer, shall prepare and maintain a list of all available State-owned properties that...
• Section 9:3a-7.3 - Rules, Regulations Prescribed By Commissioner Of Children And Families Concerning Out-of-state Placement For Children.
  2. a. The Commissioner of Children and Families, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) and within 180 days after...
• Section 9:3a-7.4 - Standardized Admission Protocols For Transfer Of Child To Psychiatric Facility.
  2.The Commissioner of Children and Families, after consultation with the State-designated Children's Crisis Intervention Services units and screening centers, the New Jersey Hospital Association,...
• Section 9:3a-7.5 - Dcf Rules, Regulations.
  4.The Commissioner of Children and Families, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt such rules and regulations...
• 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...
• 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 receive,...
• 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 document, the...
• 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...
• 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-1 et seq.), except as may otherwise be...
• 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 abolished...
• 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...
• Section 9:3a-15 - "Mom2mom Peer Support Program" Helpline.
  1. a. The Department of Children and Families shall establish, in coordination with University Behavioral HealthCare of Rutgers, the State University, or another entity,...
• Section 9:3a-16 - List Of Credentialed Resources, Behavioral Health Care Providers.
  2.University Behavioral HealthCare of Rutgers, the State University, or another entity, shall maintain a list of credentialed resources and behavioral health care providers throughout...
• Section 9:3a-17 - Annual Consultation.
  3.In establishing the helpline authorized under the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2013, c.281 (C.9:3A-15) the Commissioner of Children and Families and University Behavioral...
• 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) disposing...
• Section 9:6-1.1 - Treatment Of Ill Children According To Religious Tenets Of Church
  The article to which this act is a supplement shall not be construed to deny the right of a parent, guardian or person having...
• Section 9:6-2 - "Parent" And "Custodian" Defined.
  9:6-2. "Parent", as used in this chapter, shall include the stepfather and stepmother and the adoptive or resource family parent. "The person having the...
• Section 9:6-3 - Cruelty And Neglect Of Children; Crime Of Fourth Degree; Remedies
  9:6-3. Any parent, guardian or person having the care, custody or control of any child, who shall abuse, abandon, be cruel to or neglectful...
• Section 9:6-3.1 - Suspension; Due Process Rights; Remedial Plan.
  7. a. A teacher, employee, volunteer or staff person of an institution as defined in section 1 of P.L.1974, c.119 (C.9:6-8.21) who is alleged...
• Section 9:6-4 - Jurisdiction Of Complaints
  9:6-4. Complaints for violation of the provisions of this chapter may be made to the Superior Court or any municipal court. Whenever any person,...
• Section 9:6-5 - Complaints, Who May Prefer
  Any board of education or police department of any municipality, township, towns and boroughs, its designated officers, members or agents, or any society, association...
• Section 9:6-6 - Disposition Of Fines, Penalties And Forfeitures
  All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed and collected in any case when any society, association or board incorporated or organized under the laws of...
• Section 9:6-7 - Agents Of Societies Commissioned As Police Officers And Constables
  9:6-7. Any duly organized or incorporated humane society, having for one of its objects the protection of children from cruelty, may offer any agents...
• Section 9:6-8 - Warrants To Enter Place Of Supposed Violation, Arrest
  9:6-8. Whenever any person shall, before the Superior Court, or municipal court, make oath that the affiant believes that this chapter has been or...
• Section 9:6-8.8 - Health, Safety, Best Interest Of Child Paramount Concern.
  1. a. The purpose of this act is to provide for the protection of children under 18 years of age who have had serious...
• Section 9:6-8.9 - "Abused Child" Defined
  For purposes of this act: "Abused child" means a child under the age of 18 years whose parent, guardian, or other person having his...
• Section 9:6-8.10 - Report Of Abuse.
  3.Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a child has been subjected to child abuse or acts of child abuse shall report the...
• Section 9:6-8.10a - Records Of Child Abuse Reports; Confidentiality; Disclosure.
  1. a. All records of child abuse reports made pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.10), all information obtained by the Department of...
• Section 9:6-8.10b - Permitting Or Encouraging Release Of Record Or Report; Penalty
  Any person who willfully permits or encourages the release of the contents of any record or report in contravention of this act shall be...
• Section 9:6-8.10c - Child Abuse Record Information Check On Designated Caretaker.
  2. a. Upon receiving the presentencing investigation information from the court pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2003, c.301 (C.2C:44-6.2) concerning a sole caretaker of...
• Section 9:6-8.10d - Rules, Regulations.
  4.The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to carry...
• Section 9:6-8.10e - Check Of Child Abuse Registry For Guardians.
  9. a. In accordance with the provisions of sections 6 and 7 of P.L.2005, c.370 (C.52:27G-37 and C.52:27G-38), the Department of Children and Families...
• Section 9:6-8.11 - Actions To Ensure Safety Of Child; Investigation; Report.
  4.Upon receipt of any such report, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, or such another entity in the Department of Children and Families...
• Section 9:6-8.12 - Emergency Telephone Services For Child Abuse And Neglect Calls.
  5.The Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall maintain, at all times, an emergency telephone service for the receipt of calls involving a report,...
• Section 9:6-8.13 - Immunity
  Anyone acting pursuant to this act in the making of a report under this act shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal,...
• Section 9:6-8.14 - Violations Including Failure To Make Report; Disorderly Person
  Any person knowingly violating the provisions of this act including the failure to report an act of child abuse having reasonable cause to believe...
• Section 9:6-8.15 - Rules And Regulations.
  8.The Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall from time to time promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the...
• Section 9:6-8.16 - Child Taken To Physician Or Hospital For Treatment Of Serious Physical Injury; Protective Custody
  Any physician examining or treating any child, or the director or his designate of any hospital or similar institution to which any child has...
• Section 9:6-8.17 - Report Of Action Of Taking Protective Custody Of Child.
  2.The physician or the director or his designate of a hospital or similar institution taking a child into such protective custody shall immediately report...
• Section 9:6-8.18 - Division Of Child Protection And Permanency, Actions Upon Receipt Of Report.
  3.The Division of Child Protection and Permanency, shall upon receipt of such report, take action to insure the safety of the child under section...
• Section 9:6-8.19 - Notice To Parents Or Guardian; Visitation Rights; Limitation On Period.
  4. a. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency, shall immediately after the receipt of such report, and after making a determination to take...
• Section 9:6-8.19a - Resource Family Parent, Notice, Opportunity To Be Heard.
  5.In any case in which the Division of Child Protection and Permanency accepts a child in its care or custody, the child's resource family...
• Section 9:6-8.20 - Physicians Or Directors Of Hospitals Acting Under This Law; Immunity From Liability
  Any physician or director of a hospital or similar institution who takes a child into protective custody pursuant to this act shall have immunity...
• Section 9:6-8.21 - Definitions.
  1.As used in P.L.1974, c.119 (C.9-8.21 et seq.), unless the specific context indicates otherwise: a."Parent or guardian" means any natural parent, adoptive parent, resource...
• Section 9:6-8.22 - Jurisdiction Of Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part.
  2.The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part in each county shall have jurisdiction over all noncriminal proceedings involving alleged cases of child abuse or...
• Section 9:6-8.23 - Law Guardian; Appointment
  3. a. Any minor who is the subject of a child abuse or neglect proceeding under this act must be represented by a law...
• Section 9:6-8.24 - Jurisdiction.
  4.Jurisdiction. a. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part has exclusive original jurisdiction over noncriminal proceedings under...
• Section 9:6-8.25 - Transfer To And From The Superior Court
  5. Transfer to and from the Superior Court. a. Notice to the prosecutor. Immediately upon receipt of a complaint, the Superior Court, Chancery Division,...
• Section 9:6-8.26 - Venue
  Proceedings under this act shall be brought in accordance with the Rules of Court. L.1974, c. 119, s. 6, eff. Oct. 10, 1974. Amended...
• Section 9:6-8.27 - Temporary Removal With Consent.
  7. a. A police officer or an agency or institution or individual may temporarily remove a child from the place where he is residing...
• Section 9:6-8.28 - Preliminary Order Of Court Before Preliminary Hearing Held.
  8.Preliminary orders of court before preliminary hearing held. a. The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part may enter an order, whereby the safety of...
• Section 9:6-8.29 - Removal Of Child Without Court Order.
  9. a. A police officer or a designated employee of the Probation Division or a designated employee of the division may remove a child...
• Section 9:6-8.30 - Action By The Division Upon Emergency Removal.
  10. a. The division when informed that there has been an emergency removal of a child from his home without court order shall make...
• Section 9:6-8.31 - Preliminary Orders After Filing Of Complaint.
  11.Preliminary orders after filing of complaint. a. In any case where the child has been removed without court order, except where action has been...
• Section 9:6-8.32 - Hearing To Determine If Child To Be Returned.
  12.Upon the application of the parent or guardian of a child temporarily removed under this act, the court shall hold a hearing, whereby the...
• Section 9:6-8.33 - Originating Proceeding To Determine Abuse Or Neglect
  a. A proceeding under this act is originated by the filing of a complaint in which facts sufficient to establish that a child is...
• Section 9:6-8.34 - Persons Who May Originate Proceedings
  The following persons may originate a proceeding under this act: a. A parent or other person interested in the child. b. A duly authorized...
• Section 9:6-8.35 - Preliminary Procedure.
  15.Preliminary procedure. The division may, with the safety of the child of paramount concern: a.Confer with any person seeking to file a complaint, the...
• Section 9:6-8.36 - Admissibility Of Statements Made During A Preliminary Conference
  No statement made by the potential respondent during a preliminary conference held pursuant to section 15 hereof may be admitted into evidence at a...
• Section 9:6-8.36a - Report To Prosecutor Of All Instances Of Suspected Child Abuse, Neglect.
  1.The Department of Children and Families shall immediately report all instances of suspected child abuse and neglect, as defined by regulations, to the county...
• Section 9:6-8.37 - Issuance Of Summons
  On the filing of a complaint involving abuse or neglect under this act, unless a warrant is issued pursuant to section 19 hereof, the...
• Section 9:6-8.38 - Service Of Summons
  a. In cases involving abuse, or neglect the complaint and summons shall be served within 2 court days after their issuance. If they cannot...
• Section 9:6-8.39 - Issuance Of Warrant And Reports
  a. The court may issue a warrant directing the parent or guardian with whom the child is residing to be brought before the court,...
• Section 9:6-8.40 - Records Involving Abuse Or Neglect.
  20.Records involving abuse or neglect. When the Department of Children and Families receives a report or complaint that a child may be abused or...
• Section 9:6-8.40a - Expungement Of Unfounded Allegations.
  1.a. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families shall expunge from its records all information relating to...
• Section 9:6-8.41 - Required Findings Concerning Notice
  No hearing may commence under this act unless the court enters a finding: a. That the parent or guardian is present at the hearing...
• Section 9:6-8.42 - Effect Of Absence Of Parent Or Guardian
  If the parent or guardian is not present, the court may proceed to hear a complaint under this act only if the child is...
• Section 9:6-8.43 - Notice Of Rights.
  23. Notice of rights. a. The court shall advise the parent or guardian of his right to have an adjournment to retain counsel and...
• Section 9:6-8.44 - Definition Of "Fact-finding Hearing"
  When used in this act the term "fact-finding hearing" means a hearing to determine whether the child is an abused or neglected child as...
• Section 9:6-8.45 - Definition Of "Dispositional Hearing"
  When used in this act the term "dispositional hearing" means a hearing to determine what order should be made. L.1974, c. 119, s. 25,...
• Section 9:6-8.46 - Evidence.
  26. a. In any hearing under this act, including an administrative hearing held in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et...
• Section 9:6-8.47 - Sequence Of Hearings
  a. Upon completion of the fact-finding hearing, the dispositional hearing may commence immediately after the required findings are made. b. Reports prepared by the...
• Section 9:6-8.48 - Adjournments
  a. The court may adjourn a fact-finding hearing or a dispositional hearing for good cause shown on its own motion or on the motion...
• Section 9:6-8.49 - Priority To Certain Proceedings.
  29.To ensure that the safety of children is of paramount concern, when scheduling hearings and investigations, the court shall give priority to proceedings under...
• Section 9:6-8.50 - Sustaining Or Dismissing Complaint
  a. If facts sufficient to sustain the complaint are established, the court shall enter an order finding that the child is an abused or...
• Section 9:6-8.51 - Disposition Of Adjudication
  a. At the conclusion of a dispositional hearing under this act, the court shall enter an order of disposition: (1) suspending judgment in accord...
• Section 9:6-8.52 - Suspended Judgment
  a. The court shall define permissible terms and conditions of a suspended judgment. These terms and conditions shall relate to the acts of commission...
• Section 9:6-8.53 - Release To Custody Of Parent Or Guardian
  a. If the order of disposition releases the child to the custody of his parent or guardian responsible for his care at the time...
• Section 9:6-8.54 - Placement Of Child
  34. a. For the purpose of section 31 of P.L.1974, c.119 (C.9:6-8.51), the court may place the child in the custody of a relative...
• Section 9:6-8.55 - Order Of Protection
  The court may make an order of protection in assistance or as a condition of any other order made under this act. The order...
• Section 9:6-8.56 - Probation Supervision
  The court may place the respondent under the supervision of the probation department and the court shall define permissible terms and conditions of said...
• Section 9:6-8.57 - Abandoned Child
  If the court finds that a child was abandoned by his parents or guardian, it may make an order so finding and may discharge...
• Section 9:6-8.58 - Provision For Therapeutic Services
  In cases where, in the opinion of the court, an individual found to have abused or neglected a child appears to be in need...
• Section 9:6-8.58a - Substance Abuse Assessment Of Parent Of Placed Child.
  1.When a child is placed in the custody of a relative or other suitable person or the Division of Child Protection and Permanency pursuant...
• Section 9:6-8.58b - Regulations.
  2.The Commissioner of Children and Families pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt regulations to effectuate the purposes...
• Section 9:6-8.59 - Staying, Modifying, Setting Aside Or Vacating Orders
  For good cause shown and after due notice, the court on its own motion, or that of the county prosecutor, the law guardian, the...
• Section 9:6-8.60 - Petition To Terminate Placement
  Any interested person acting on behalf of a child placed under section 34 hereof or the child's parents or guardian may petition the court...
• Section 9:6-8.61 - Service Of Petition; Answer
  A copy of a petition under section 40 hereof shall promptly be served pursuant to the Rules of Court upon the division or the...
• Section 9:6-8.62 - Examination Of Petition And Answer; Hearing
  The court shall promptly examine the petition and answer. If the court concludes that a hearing should be held, it may proceed upon due...
• Section 9:6-8.63 - Orders On Hearing
  a. If the court determines after hearing that continued placement serves the purposes of this act, it shall deny the petition. The court may,...
• Section 9:6-8.64 - Successive Petitions
  If a petition under section 40 hereof is denied, it may not again be filed with the court for a period of 90 days...
• Section 9:6-8.65 - Substitution For Original Placement
  If under section 34, custody of the child is given to a party other than the division, and that party is no longer able...
• Section 9:6-8.66 - Failure To Comply With Terms And Conditions Of Suspended Judgment
  If a parent or guardian responsible for a child's care is brought before the court for failing to comply with the terms and conditions...
• Section 9:6-8.67 - Failure To Comply With Terms And Conditions Of Probation
  If a parent or guardian is brought before the court for failing to comply with the terms and conditions of an order of probation...
• Section 9:6-8.68 - Effect Of Running Away From Place Of Placement
  If a child placed under section 34 hereof runs away from the place of placement, the court may, after hearing, revoke the order of...
• Section 9:6-8.69 - Release From Responsibility Under Order Of Placement
  Those responsible for the operation of a place where a child has been placed under section 34 hereof may petition the court for leave...
• Section 9:6-8.70 - Appealable Orders
  50. Appealable orders. An appeal may be taken as of right from any final order of disposition and from any other final order made...
• Section 9:6-8.71 - Appropriations
  There shall be appropriated from the general fund such funds as are necessary to implement the provisions and to effectuate the purposes of this...
• Section 9:6-8.72 - Rules And Regulations
  The division shall promulgate such rules and regulations that will facilitate compliance with this act. L.1974, c. 119, s. 52, eff. Oct. 10, 1974.
• Section 9:6-8.72a - Rules, Regulations.
  8.The Commissioner of Education shall, in cooperation and consultation with the Commissioner of Children and Families, adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative...
• Section 9:6-8.73 - Severability
  If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of the...
• Section 9:6-8.74 - Short Title
  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect Act." L.1994,c.119,s.1.
• Section 9:6-8.75 - "New Jersey Task Force On Child Abuse And Neglect."
  2.There is established the "New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect." a.The purpose of the task force is to study and develop...
• Section 9:6-8.76 - Task Force Membership.
  3.The task force shall consist of 29 members as follows: the Commissioners of Human Services, Children and Families, Education, Community Affairs, Corrections, and Health...
• Section 9:6-8.77 - Vacancies; Compensation
  4. Vacancies in the membership of the task force shall be filled in the same manner provided for the original appointments. The members of...
• Section 9:6-8.78 - Providing Staff.
  5.The Department of Children and Families shall provide professional and clerical staff to the task force as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this...
• Section 9:6-8.79 - Task Force's Use Of Services And Consultants
  6. a. The task force shall be entitled to call upon the services of any State, county or municipal department, board, commission or agency,...
• Section 9:6-8.80 - Meetings; Hearings
  7. The task force may meet and hold hearings at such places as it shall designate during the sessions or recesses of the Legislature.
• Section 9:6-8.81 - Funds, Solicitation, Use
  8. The task force may solicit, receive, disburse and monitor grants and other funds made available from any governmental, public, private, not-for-profit or for-profit...
• Section 9:6-8.82 - Report
  9. The task force shall present a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature no later than one year...
• Section 9:6-8.83 - Short Title.
  1. This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Comprehensive Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act." L.1997,c.175,s.1.
• Section 9:6-8.84 - Definitions Relative To Child Abuse, Neglect.
  2.As used in this act: "Board" means the Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board established under P.L.1997, c.175 (C.9:6-8.83 et al.). "Child" means...
• Section 9:6-8.85 - Procedures For Responding To Reports Of Medical Neglect.
  3. The commissioner shall establish procedures for responding to the reporting of medical neglect, including instances of withholding of medically indicated treatment from disabled...
• Section 9:6-8.86 - Pursuit Of Legal Remedies For Medical Care.
  4. The division may pursue any legal remedies, including the initiation of legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, as may be necessary...
• Section 9:6-8.87 - Exception To Requirement To Provide Reasonable Efforts To Reunify Child With Parent.
  5.In any case in which the division accepts a child in care or custody, including placement, the division shall not be required to provide...
• Section 9:6-8.88 - Child Fatality And Near Fatality Review Board.
  6.There is established the Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV,...
• Section 9:6-8.89 - Membership, Terms Of Board Members.
  7. a. The board shall consist of 13 members as follows: the Commissioner of Children and Families, the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services,...
• Section 9:6-8.90 - Duties Of Board.
  8. The board shall: a. Identify the fatalities of children due to unusual circumstances according to the following criteria: (1) The cause of death...
• Section 9:6-8.91 - Determinations Of Board; Composition Of Team; Report.
  9. a. The board shall determine which fatalities shall receive full review. The board may establish local or regional community-based teams to review information...
• Section 9:6-8.92 - Confidential Master File.
  10. a. The board shall record the name, age, date of birth, place of death or pronouncement of death, date and time of death,...
• Section 9:6-8.93 - Subpoena, Review Of Records.
  11. a. The board may subpoena and review records that pertain to the child, except as provided in any statute, regulation or Executive Order...
• Section 9:6-8.94 - Immunity From Liability For Civil Damages.
  12. A member of the board shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of providing in good faith any reports,...
• Section 9:6-8.95 - Solicitation Of Grants, Other Funds.
  13. The board may solicit and receive grants and other funds made available from a governmental, public, private, nonprofit, or for-profit agency, including funds...
• Section 9:6-8.96 - Regulations By Board.
  14. The board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) concerning the operation of the board, procedures...
• Section 9:6-8.97 - Citizen Review Panels.
  15. a. The commissioner shall designate three citizen review panels for the purpose of examining the policies and procedures of State and local agencies...
• Section 9:6-8.98 - Rules, Regulations By Department.
  19.The Department of Children and Families shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate...
• Section 9:6-8.99 - Regional Diagnostic And Treatment Centers For Child Abuse And Neglect Established.
  1.The Commissioner of Children and Families shall establish four regional diagnostic and treatment centers for child abuse and neglect affiliated with medical teaching institutions...
• Section 9:6-8.100 - Function Of Center, Staffing.
  2.Each center shall demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach to identifying and responding to child abuse and neglect. The center staff shall include, at a minimum,...
• Section 9:6-8.101 - Purpose Of Center
  3.The regional centers shall: evaluate and treat child abuse and neglect; be resources for the region and develop additional resources within the region; provide...
• Section 9:6-8.102 - Services Provided By Staff Of Center.
  4.Services provided by the center's staff shall include, but not be limited to: a.Providing psychological and medical evaluation and treatment of the child, counseling...
• Section 9:6-8.103 - Safety Of Child Undergoing Treatment Assured
  5.The regional center shall ensure the safety of a child undergoing treatment while the child is at the regional center to the extent permitted...
• Section 9:6-8.104 - Establishment, Maintenance Of County-based Multidisciplinary Teams; "Child Advocacy Center" Defined.
  6.Regional centers shall act as a resource in the establishment and maintenance of county-based multidisciplinary teams which work in conjunction with the county prosecutor...
• Section 9:6-8.106 - Rules, Regulations.
  8.The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to...
• Section 9:6a-1 - Short Title.
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Children's Trust Fund Act." L. 1985, c. 197, s. 1.
• Section 9:6a-5 - Additional Moneys.
  7.In addition to moneys deposited into the "Children's Trust Fund" pursuant to P.L.1985, c.197 (C.9:6A-1 et al.), the Commissioner of Children and Families may...
• Section 9:6a-6 - Deduction Of Costs.
  8.Any costs incurred for collection or administration attributable to this act by the Division of Taxation may be deducted from receipts collected pursuant to...
• Section 9:6a-10 - Definitions
  For the purposes of this act: a. "Child" means a person under 18 years of age. b. "Child abuse" means abuse, abandonment, cruelty or...
• Section 9:6a-11 - County Commissions Encouraged.
  2.The Department of Children and Families shall establish a program, using county human services advisory councils, to encourage each county in this State to...
• Section 9:6a-12 - $2,500 Grants
  The department shall pay $2,500.00 to any county that establishes or has established a special county commission on child abuse and missing children for...
• Section 9:6a-13 - Rules, Regulations
  In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the department shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to...
• Section 9:6b-1 - Short Title
  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Placement Bill of Rights Act." L.1991,c.290,s.1.
• Section 9:6b-2 - Findings, Declarations.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.A child placed outside his home by the Department of Human Services, the Department of Children and Families,...
• Section 9:6b-3 - Definitions.
  3.As used in this act: "Child placed outside his home" means a child placed outside his home by the Department of Human Services, the...
• Section 9:6b-4 - Child's Rights
  4. A child placed outside his home shall have the following rights, consistent with the health, safety and physical and psychological welfare of the...
• Section 9:6b-5 - Public Information.
  5.The Departments of Human Services, Children and Families, Health, and Education shall each prepare and update at least every six months, and shall make...
• Section 9:6b-6 - Rules, Regulations.
  6.The Commissioners of Human Services, Children and Families, Health, and Education, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall each...
• Section 9:7-1 - Consent Of Commissioner Of Institutions And Agencies
  A public or private agency of any State accredited in such State for the placement of children, or any person whose home is approved...
• Section 9:7-2 - Indemnity Bond; Conditions
  Subject to the further provisions of this chapter, any agency or person as described in section 9:7-1, before obtaining the consent and approval of...
• Section 9:7-3 - Violation Of S. S. 9:7-1 And 9:7-2; Responsibility For Care And Maintenance Of Child
  Any person, corporation, association or institution, or any officer or agent thereof, who shall bring, or send, or cause to be brought or sent,...
• Section 9:7-4 - Relative May Bring Child Into State; Immunity Does Not Pass To Others
  The provisions of sections 9:7-1 to 9:7-3 of this chapter shall not apply to a natural parent, parent by adoption, brother, sister, aunt, uncle,...
• Section 9:7-5 - Recovery Of Penalty In Bond
  The penalty provided in the bond referred to in section 9:7-2 of this chapter shall be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in...
• Section 9:7-6 - Blanket Consents And Approvals; Agreements; Assignment Of Powers And Duties
  In carrying out the powers, duties and responsibilities provided by this chapter, the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, subject to the approval of the...
• Section 9:7-7 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. L.1949, c. 161, p. 548, s. 7.
• Section 9:10-1 - Establishment And Management
  The board of chosen freeholders of a county having a juvenile and domestic relations court may establish and equip a school of detention for...
• Section 9:10-2 - Incorrigible, Insubordinate And Disorderly Children And Habitual Truants
  Children under the age of sixteen who shall be habitual truants from school or habitually insubordinate or incorrigible and disorderly during attendance at school...
• Section 9:10-3 - Scope And Purpose Of School; Personnel
  9:10-3. A county school of detention shall be arranged and conducted so far as practicable for the safe custody of the inmates and so...
• Section 9:10-4 - Superintendents Of Detention House Or School In Certain Counties
  The board of chosen freeholders of a county of the second class, the third class or the fifth class, which has a detention school...
• Section 9:10-5 - Records And Reports
  The superintendent of a county school of detention shall keep a complete record of children committed thereto, containing the name, address and age of...
• Section 9:10-6 - Bonds
  For the purpose of obtaining means for the purchase of lands and buildings or the erection of buildings as authorized by section 9:10-1 of...
• Section 9:11-1 - Appointment Of Trustees; Number; Term; Other Offices; Vacancies
  9:11-1. In counties of the first class, whenever in its judgment it shall be necessary or proper, the governing body of the county shall...
• Section 9:11-2 - Organization And Powers Of Trustees; Contracts
  The board of trustees organized under section 9:11-1 of this title shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued and...
• Section 9:11-3 - Acquisition Of Site; Erection Of Building
  9:11-3. The board of trustees organized under section 9:11-1 of this Title may acquire lands by gift, purchase or condemnation and erect buildings thereon...
• Section 9:11-4 - Master, Matron, Teachers And Employees; Rules
  Upon the completion of the youth house buildings the board of trustees may appoint 2 suitable persons as master and matron and such other...
• Section 9:11-5 - Places Of Detention
  A county youth house may be the place of detention for all persons under the age of 16 years who come within the class...
• Section 9:11-6 - Payment For Maintenance
  The court committing a delinquent to the county youth house shall make inquiry into his family conditions and circumstances and, if of opinion that...
• Section 9:11-7 - Moneys For County Youth House; Bonds
  The moneys for the acquisition of lands and the erection of buildings for a county youth house shall be approved as to the amount...
• Section 9:11-8 - Money Provided Annually
  The moneys necessary for the management of a county youth house and the improvement, betterment, repairs and other necessary expenses incident thereto shall be...
• Section 9:11-9 - Use Of Facilities By Other Counties And Agencies By Agreement
  The board of trustees of any youth house created and organized pursuant to the chapter supplemented hereby may enter into an agreement with the...
• Section 9:11-10 - Sale Of Real Estate Not Needed For Public Use
  The board of trustees organized under the chapter to which this is a supplement may sell or dispose of any real estate or right...
• Section 9:12-1 - Commitment Authorized; Powers Of Board
  In any county wherein the board of chosen freeholders maintains for children an almshouse, welfare house or home, under the charge of a board...
• Section 9:12-2 - Temporary Relief Of Needy Child
  When in a county described in section 9:12-1 of this title the parent, guardian or next friend of any child is unable to provide...
• Section 9:12a-1 - Establishment Of Children's Shelter; Management; Funds
  25. The governing body of any county may establish, equip and maintain a home for the temporary detention of children, separated entirely from any...
• Section 9:12a-2 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Homeless Youth Act." L.1999,c.224,s.1.
• Section 9:12a-3 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Homeless Youth.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: homeless youth are a largely invisible population; many of these children have no families and are being exploited...
• Section 9:12a-4 - Definitions Relative To Homeless Youth.
  3.As used in P.L.1999, c.224 (C.9:12A-2 et seq.): "Department" means the Department of Children and Families. "Division" means the Division of Child Protection and...
• Section 9:12a-5 - Establishment, Support Of Comprehensive Program For Homeless Youth.
  4.The department shall establish and support a comprehensive program for homeless youth in the State by contracting with organizations and agencies, licensed by the...
• Section 9:12a-6 - Street Outreach Program.
  5.A street outreach program for homeless youth shall enhance the accessibility of resources to a homeless youth by locating, contacting and providing services to...
• Section 9:12a-7 - Basic Center Shelter Program.
  6. a. A basic center shelter program shall provide a homeless youth with 24-hour, seven-day a week, walk-in access to emergency, short-term residential care....
• Section 9:12a-8 - Transitional Living Program.
  7.A transitional living program shall provide residential care and treatment services for up to 18 months to a homeless youth 16 to 21 years...
• Section 9:12a-9 - Rules, Regulations.
  8.Subject to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt rules and regulations for the...
• Section 9:13-7 - Expenditures For Crippled Children And Children With Cerebral Palsy
  The board of chosen freeholders of a county which has no county home and hospital for crippled children and children afflicted with cerebral palsy...
• Section 9:13-8 - Funds; How Raised
  The annual appropriation for the care of crippled children and children afflicted with cerebral palsy under section 9:13-7 of this Title shall be included...
• Section 9:14a-1 - Report Of Deaf Children Under Six Years; Care And Treatment; Notice To Commissioner Of Education
  It shall be the duty of every attending or consulting physician, nurse, parent or guardian having charge of any minor under six years of...
• Section 9:14b-1 - County Assistance
  The board of chosen freeholders of a county which has no county home and hospital for children afflicted with sickle cell anemia may appropriate...
• Section 9:17-4 - Warrants Directed To Whom
  Warrants in such proceedings shall be directed to a constable or police officer of the county. Amended by L.1949, c. 141, p. 515, s....
• Section 9:17-5 - Reputed Father Out Of County; Serving Warrant Upon
  If the person charged as such reputed father shall be or reside in a county of this State other than that in which the...
• Section 9:17-6 - Bond To Be Taken; Discharge Thereon; Proceedings When No Bond Is Taken
  When the reputed father is apprehended pursuant to section 9:17-5 of this Title, he shall be taken before any court of the county wherein...
• Section 9:17-38 - Short Title
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Parentage Act." L.1983, c. 17, s. 1.
• Section 9:17-39 - Parent And Child Relationship Defined
  2.As used in this act, "parent and child relationship" means the legal relationship existing between a child and the child's natural or adoptive parents,...
• Section 9:17-40 - Extent Of Parent And Child Relationship
  3.The parent and child relationship extends equally to every child and to every parent, regardless of the marital status of the parents. L.1983, c....
• Section 9:17-41 - Establishment Of Parent-child Relationship; Termination Of Natural Parental Rights; Action.
  4.The parent and child relationship between a child and: a.The natural mother, may be established by proof of her having given birth to the...
• Section 9:17-42 - Closed Court; Confidentiality Of Records
  5.Notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records, any action or proceeding held under this act shall be held in closed court without...
• Section 9:17-43 - Presumptions.
  6. a. A man is presumed to be the biological father of a child if: (1)He and the child's biological mother are or have...
• Section 9:17-44 - Artificial Insemination
  7. a. If, under the supervision of a licensed physician and with the consent of her husband, a wife is inseminated artificially with semen...
• Section 9:17-45 - Action To Determine Existence Of Parent-child Relationship.
  8. a. A child, a legal representative of the child, the natural mother, the estate or legal representative of the mother, if the mother...
• Section 9:17-46 - Jurisdiction
  9. a. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over an action brought under this act. The action shall be joined with an action for...
• Section 9:17-47 - Parties; Guardian Ad Litem
  10.The child may be made a party to the action. If the child is a minor and is made a party, a guardian ad...
• Section 9:17-48 - Consent Conference; Settlement; Contested Cases, Testing; Presumptions.
  11. a. As soon as practicable after an action to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship has been brought,...
• Section 9:17-49 - Civil Action Under Act; Trial By Court.
  12. a. An action under this act is a civil action governed by the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey....
• Section 9:17-50 - Witnesses; Compelling To Testify; Immunity; Contempt; Physician's Testimony; Admissibility Of Evidence
  13. a. The mother of the child and the alleged father are competent to testify and may be compelled to testify. b. Upon refusal...
• Section 9:17-52 - Evidence Relating To Paternity
  15.Evidence relating to paternity may include: a. Evidence of sexual intercourse between the mother and alleged father at any possible time of conception; b....
• Section 9:17-52.1 - Default Order, Effect
  6. A default order shall be entered in a contested paternity action upon a showing that proper notice has been served upon the party...
• Section 9:17-53 - Judgment, Order Of Court, Certificate Of Parentage, Amendment Of Birth Record; Amount Of Support.
  16. a. The judgment or order of the court or a Certificate of Parentage determining the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child...
• Section 9:17-54 - Costs And Fees
  17.The court may order reasonable fees of counsel, experts, and the child's guardian ad litem, and other costs of the action and pre-trial proceedings,...
• Section 9:17-55 - Enforcing Parties
  18. a. If existence of the father and child relationship is declared, or paternity or a duty of support has been acknowledged or adjudicated...
• Section 9:17-56 - Continuing Jurisdiction
  19. The court has continuing jurisdiction to modify or revoke a judgment or order. L.1983, c. 17, s. 19.
• Section 9:17-57 - Parties
  20. The child, the mother or personal representative of the child, the Division of Public Welfare in the Department of Human Services or the...
• Section 9:17-58 - Support Agreement
  21. a. Any agreement in writing to furnish support for a child, growing out of a supposed or alleged father and child relationship, does...
• Section 9:17-59 - Amended Birth Record
  22. a. Upon order of a court of this State or upon request of a court of another state, the local registrar of vital...
• Section 9:17a-1 - Consent By Minor To Medical, Surgical Care
  1.The consent to the performance of medical or surgical care and procedure by a hospital or by a physician licensed to practice medicine and...
• Section 9:17a-1.1 - Short Title
  2.Sections 2 through 13 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Parental Notification for Abortion Act." L.1999,c.145,s.2.
• Section 9:17a-1.2 - Findings Relative To Parental Notification For Abortion
  3.The Legislature finds that there exist compelling and important State interests in protecting minors against their own immaturity, in fostering the family structure and...
• Section 9:17a-1.3 - Definitions Relative To Parental Notification For Abortion
  4.As used in this act: "Abortion" means the use of any means to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with...
• Section 9:17a-1.4 - Written Notice Of Pending Operation
  5. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an abortion shall not be performed upon an unemancipated minor until at least...
• Section 9:17a-1.5 - Notice Not Required If Parent Already Notified
  6.Notice of a pending abortion shall not be required under this act if the parent who is entitled to notice has set forth in...
• Section 9:17a-1.6 - Notice Not Required If Abortion Due To Medical Emergency
  7.Notice of a pending abortion shall not be required under this act if the attending physician certifies in the unemancipated minor's medical records that...
• Section 9:17a-1.7 - Waiver Of Parental Notification By Court Proceedings
  8. a. A minor may, by petition or motion, seek a waiver of parental notification from a judge of the Superior Court. The petition...
• Section 9:17a-1.8 - Fact Sheet For Distribution To Unemancipated Pregnant Minors.
  9.The Department of Health shall prepare a fact sheet for distribution to unemancipated pregnant minors who are seeking abortion services. a.The fact sheet shall...
• Section 9:17a-1.9 - Entitlement To Benefits Unaffected
  10. Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to deny a pregnant unemancipated minor who is under the age of 18 any benefits to...
• Section 9:17a-1.10 - Violation; Penalty
  11. Any person who performs an abortion in violation of this act shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000...
• Section 9:17a-1.11 - Rules, Regulations.
  12. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative...
• Section 9:17a-1.12 - Provisions Of Act Severable
  13. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect...
• Section 9:17a-2 - Written Obligations By Minor To Repay Loan Received For Higher Education; Enforcement
  Any contract, promissory note or other written obligation made, entered into or executed by any minor to repay or secure payment of any loan...
• Section 9:17a-3 - Institution Of Higher Education Defined
  As used in this act, an institution of higher education means any qualified institution of collegiate grade, located in this State or elsewhere, which...
• Section 9:17a-4 - Consent By Minor To Treatment.
  1. a. (1) The consent to the provision of medical or surgical care or services or a forensic sexual assault examination by a hospital...
• Section 9:17a-4.1 - Admission To Treatment Programs Not Affected
  2. This act shall not be interpreted to interfere with any parental rights to place a child in treatment on a voluntary or involuntary...
• Section 9:17a-4.2 - Information Provided Relative To Certain Behavioral Health Provisions.
  2.The Department of Children and Families shall prepare and make available on the department's Internet website, in an easily printable format, information on the...
• Section 9:17a-4.3 - Construction.
  3.Nothing in section 1 of P.L.1968, c.230 (C.9:17A-4) shall be construed to: a.require a provider to continue to provide behavioral or mental health treatment...
• Section 9:17a-4.4 - Rules, Regulations.
  4.The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department...
• Section 9:17a-5 - Informing Spouse, Parent, Custodian Or Guardian Of Minor's Treatment
  Upon the advice and direction of a treating physician or, if more than one, any one of them, a member of the medical staff...
• Section 9:17a-6 - Consent By Person Age 17 To Donate Blood, Age 16 With Parental Consent.
  1. a. Any person of the age of 17 years or over can consent to donate blood in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program...
• Section 9:17b-1 - Legislative Findings
  The Legislature finds and declares and by this act intends, pending the revision and amendment of the many statutory provisions involved, to: a. Extend...
• Section 9:17b-2 - Status Of 18 To 21-year-olds
  The Legislature by this act does not intend to: a. Effect the release from confinement or transfer from one institution to another of a...
• Section 9:17b-3 - Majority At 18.
  3.Except with respect to the provision of services pursuant to the laws relating to dependent and neglected children, allocated to chapter 4C of Title...
• Section 9:17b-4 - Period Of Minority And Age Of Majority; Definition In Testamentary Disposition, Will, Deed, Conveyance, Trust Or Similar Instrument
  Any testamentary disposition, will, codicil, deed, conveyance, sale, trust or similar instrument executed prior to January 1, 1973 in which the words "minor," "minority"...
• Section 9:21-1 - Report On Municipal Conditions
  1. If on the determination of a criminal or juvenile delinquency case before the Superior Court it shall appear that the guilt of the...
• Section 9:21-2 - Municipal Youth Guidance Commission
  If in any municipality there shall exist a municipal youth guidance commission or other organization specifically devoted to the prevention of crime and juvenile...
• Section 9:22-1 - Municipal Youth Guidance Council
  When authorized by resolution of the municipal governing body, the mayor or chief executive officer of each municipality in this State shall appoint by...
• Section 9:22-2 - Joint Municipal Youth Guidance Commission In Contiguous Municipalities
  Two or more contiguous municipalities may by concurrent resolution of their respective governing bodies establish a joint municipal youth guidance commission. Where a joint...
• Section 9:22-3 - Terms Of Members
  Members of the municipal youth guidance council shall be appointed to serve for a term of three years or until their successors be appointed...
• Section 9:22-4 - Annual Organization; Meetings
  The members of the municipal youth guidance council shall organize annually by selecting a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. The municipal youth guidance council shall...
• Section 9:22-5 - Duties Of Guidance Council
  The municipal youth guidance council shall be charged with responsibility to: a. Assist in co-ordinating and integrating community plans and services, governmental and voluntary,...
• Section 9:22-6 - Powers Of Guidance Council
  Each municipal youth guidance council shall have power: a. To undertake, supervise or direct the making of studies and surveys of all matters and...
• Section 9:22-7 - Division Of Community Services For Delinquency Prevention To Advise Guidance Councils
  It shall be the duty of the Division of Community Services for Delinquency Prevention, of the Department of Institutions and Agencies, hereafter referred to...
• Section 9:22-8 - Adjustment Committee Of Guidance Council; Plan Of Operation; Records; Reports
  8. Any municipal youth guidance council may, by resolution, create a special subcommittee to be known as the adjustment committee consisting of persons qualified...
• Section 9:22-9 - Hearings
  9. Any municipal youth guidance council having an adjustment committee may petition the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, in its discretion, to either:...
• Section 9:22-11 - Appropriations To Municipal Youth Guidance Council
  Each municipality of this State is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate and make available to its municipal youth guidance council such sums of...
• Section 9:22-12 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. L.1947, c. 179, p. 823, s. 12.
• Section 9:23-1 - Interstate Compact On Juveniles
  The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of this State with any other State or States legally joining...
• Section 9:23-1.1 - Authorization To Execute Amendment
  The Governor is authorized and directed to execute, with any other state or states legally joining in the same, an amendment to the Interstate...
• Section 9:23-1.2 - Return Of Nonresident Juveniles Charged With Crime
  All provisions and procedures of Article V and VI of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles shall be construed to apply to any juvenile charged...
• Section 9:23-2 - Appointment Of Compact Administrator
  2. Pursuant to said compact, the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to designate an officer within the Juvenile Justice Commission established pursuant to...
• Section 9:23-3 - Supplementary Agreements With Other States
  The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements pursuant to said compact with appropriate officials of other States. In...
• Section 9:23-4 - Payment Of Financial Obligations
  The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, may make or arrange for any payments...
• Section 9:23-5 - Interstate Compact On The Placement Of Children
  The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the...
• Section 9:23-6 - Designation Of Appropriate Public Authorities.
  2.As used in Article III of the compact "appropriate public authorities" and as used in subsection a. of paragraph 1. of Article V of...
• Section 9:23-7 - Violation Of Compact, Crime Of The Fourth Degree
  Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or agency violating any provision of the compact is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. If...
• Section 9:23-8 - State Officers, Agencies, Entering Into Agreements With Party States; Permitted
  The officers and agencies of this State and its subdivisions having authority to place children are empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers...
• Section 9:23-9 - Governor Designated Executive Head
  As used in Article VII of the compact, the term "executive head" means the Governor. The Governor is authorized to appoint a compact administrator...
• Section 9:23-10 - Provisions Not Applicable
  The provisions of chapter 7 of Title 9 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to children brought into the State in accordance with...
• Section 9:23-11 - Financial Responsibility For Child Placed In State
  Financial responsibility for any child placed in New Jersey pursuant to the compact shall be determined in the first instance in accordance with the...
• Section 9:23-12 - Court To Notify Compact Administrator Of Child Brought Into State
  Whenever a court, in the course of an adoption hearing, determines that the child sought to be adopted has been sent or brought into...
• Section 9:23-13 - Placement Of Children In Foster Homes, Facilities In Adjoining States; Permitted
  Children may be placed in suitable foster homes or other child caring facilities in adjoining states when prior notification to the Compact Administrator is...
• Section 9:23-14 - Agreements Between Party States For Visitation, Inspection, Supervision
  Any requirements for visitation, inspection or supervision of children, homes, institutions or other agencies in another party state which may apply under Title 30...
• Section 9:23-15 - Temporary Removal Of Child From A Detrimental Placement; Permitted
  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent the temporary removal of a child by the appropriate officials of the receiving state from a...
• Section 9:23-16 - Adoption Of Regulations.
  12.The Commissioner of Children and Families shall have the power to adopt regulations for the enforcement of this act pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure...
• Section 9:23-17 - Jurisdiction Of Courts Not Conferred By This Act
  Neither this act nor the compact contained herein shall be construed to confer on any court jurisdiction to place children or any class of...
• Section 9:23-18 - Authorization To Enter Into Interstate Compacts To Enhance Protection, Permanency For Children.
  19. a. The Commissioner of Children and Families is authorized on behalf of this State to develop, negotiate and enter into the Interstate Compact...
• Section 9:23b-1 - Interstate Compact For Juveniles.
  1.The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially...
• Section 9:23b-2 - Definitions.
  2.Article II. Definitions. As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: a."By laws" means those by-laws established by the...
• Section 9:23b-3 - Interstate Commission For Juveniles.
  3.Article III. Interstate Commission for Juveniles. a.The compacting states hereby create the "Interstate Commission for Juveniles." The commission shall be a body corporate and...
• Section 9:23b-4 - Powers And Duties Of The Interstate Commission.
  4.Article IV. Powers and Duties of the Interstate Commission. The commission shall have the following powers and duties: a.To provide for dispute resolution among...
• Section 9:23b-5 - Organization And Operation Of The Interstate Commission.
  5.Article V. Organization and Operation of the Interstate Commission. a.By-laws. The Interstate Commission shall, by a majority of the members present and voting, within...
• Section 9:23b-6 - Rulemaking Functions Of The Interstate Commission.
  6.Article VI. Rulemaking Functions of the Interstate Commission. a.The Interstate Commission shall promulgate and publish rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the...
• Section 9:23b-7 - Oversight, Enforcement And Dispute Resolution By The Interstate Commission.
  7.Article VII. Oversight, Enforcement and Dispute Resolution by the Interstate Commission. a.Oversight. The Interstate Commission shall oversee the administration and operations of the interstate...
• Section 9:23b-8 - Finance.
  8.Article VIII. Finance. a.The Interstate Commission shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities....
• Section 9:23b-9 - The State Council.
  9.Article IX. The State Council. Each member state shall create a State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision. While each state may determine the membership...
• Section 9:23b-10 - Compacting States, Effective Date And Amendment.
  10.Article X. Compacting States, Effective Date and Amendment. a.Any state, the District of Columbia or its designee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S....
• Section 9:23b-11 - Withdrawal, Default, Termination And Judicial Enforcement.
  11.Article XI. Withdrawal, Default, Termination and Judicial Enforcement. a.Withdrawal. Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every...
• Section 9:23b-12 - Severability And Construction.
  12.Article XII. Severability and Construction. The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable,...
• Section 9:23b-13 - Binding Effect Of Compact And Other Laws.
  13.Article XIII. Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws. a.Other Laws. Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state...
• Section 9:24-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Youth in Community Service Corps Act of 1968." L.1968, c. 125, s....
• Section 9:24-2 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the ranks of the youthful unemployed swell manyfold during summer recess of public schools; that many of...
• Section 9:24-3 - Liberal Construction
  This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and intent thereof. L.1968, c. 125, s. 3, eff. June 26, 1968.
• Section 9:24-4 - Definitions
  As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) The term "act" shall...
• Section 9:24-5 - Grants For Establishing And Maintaining Youth In Community Service Corps; Application; Report And Audit
  (a) Upon proper application submitted to the commissioner by community work program sponsors, the commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with, and to...
• Section 9:24-6 - Rules And Regulations
  The commissioner shall issue and promulgate, after consultation with the Governor's manpower co-ordinating committee and the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, such rules and...
• Section 9:24-7 - Authority Of Commissioner
  In order to carry out the provisions of this act the commissioner is authorized: (a) To apply for, accept and expend, upon the terms...
• Section 9:25-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Youth Corps Act." L.1984, c. 198, s. 1, eff. Nov. 27,
• Section 9:25-2 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  a. The Legislature finds and declares: (1) There persist in the State and especially in the urban communities of New Jersey, areas of economic...
• Section 9:25-3 - Definitions
  For the purposes of this act: a. "Corps" means the New Jersey Youth Corps created by section 4 of this act. b. "Administrator" means...
• Section 9:25-4 - Creation; Function; Administrator; Agreements
  a. The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs is hereby authorized to create the New Jersey Youth Corps within the Department of Community...
• Section 9:25-4.1 - Youth Corps Supervisor, Assistant
  The Commissioner of Community Affairs is authorized to appoint a supervisor and an assistant supervisor of the New Jersey Youth Corps created pursuant to...
• Section 9:25-5 - Community Service Projects; Agreements With Sponsors; Employment Of Corps; Contents; Duration Of Employment Or Assignment Of Disadvantaged Youth; Report; Appropriations From Municipality
  a. The Commissioner of Community Affairs is authorized to enter into agreements with sponsors of community service projects for the employment of the Corps...
• Section 9:25-6 - Eligibility For Enrollment And Continuance Of Membership In Corps
  In order to be eligible for enrollment in the corps, and for continued membership therein: a. a person who has not satisfactorily completed the...
• Section 9:25-7 - Reasonably Remunerative Stipends To Members Of Corps On Community Service Projects
  a. Members of the corps while engaged in community service projects shall receive reasonably remunerative stipends, to be determined in accordance with guidelines promulgated...
• Section 9:25-9 - Rules And Regulations
  The Commissioner of Community Affairs is authorized to adopt, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedures Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the...
• Section 9:25-10 - Expenditure Of Existing Funds By Commissioner
  The Commissioner of Community Affairs is authorized to expend such sums from the existing administrative and discretionary grant or aid accounts of the department...
• Section 9:25-11 - Receipt And Expenditure Of Appropriations And Other Funds
  The Commissioner of Community Affairs is authorized to receive and expend for the purpose of stipends or other expenses of the corps those sums...

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