New Jersey TITLE 9 CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS
- 9:1-1. Equal rights of parents to services and earnings of minor child; action for injuries to child
- 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
- 9:2-2. Custody of children of divorced or separated parents within jurisdiction of Superior Court; removal from jurisdiction; consent; security
- 9:2-3. Custody of children of parents living separately; powers of court
- 9:2-4 Custody of child; rights of both parents considered.
- 9:2-4.1 Person convicted of sexual assault, custody of, visitation to minor child; denied, exceptions.
- 9:2-4.2 Parental access to children's records.
- 9:2-5. Death of parent having custody; reversion of custody to surviving parent; appointment of guardian by superior court; removal
- 9:2-7. Habeas corpus to determine custody of child; access to child
- 9:2-7.1. Visitation rights for grandparents, siblings
- 9:2-7.2. Concealment of child; preliminary hearing as to custody
- 9:2-9. Unfit parents and custodians, court action to grant relief
- 9:2-10. Order for proper care of child
- 9:2-11. Commitment of child to child caring society; cost of proceedings; consent to adoption of child; support by relative
- 9:2-13. Definitions
- 9:2-14. Surrender of child custody; validity
- 9:2-15. Surrender or termination of rights of one parent; rights of other parent
- 9:2-16. Voluntary surrender to approved agency
- 9:2-17. Form of surrender
- 9:2-18. Procedure to terminate parental rights
- 9:2-19. Grounds for terminating custody
- 9:2-20. Judgment terminating rights; effect of judgment
- 9:2-21. Effective date
- 9:3-37 Liberal construction; rights of affected persons.
- 9:3-38 Definitions.
- 9:3-39.1 Offering, assisting in the placement of child for adoption, conditions.
- 9:3-40 Qualification of agencies for approval.
- 9:3-40.1 Denial, suspension, revocation, refusal to renew agency's certificate on character requisites.
- 9:3-41. Surrender of child
- 9:3-41.1 Provision of available information on child's development to prospective parent.
- 9:3-42. Jurisdiction in Chancery, venue
- 9:3-43. Instituting adoption actions; qualifications
- 9:3-43.1 Conditions for recognizing foreign adoptions, certain circumstances.
- 9:3-43.2 Force of final judgment of adoption in a foreign jurisdiction, certain circumstances.
- 9:3-44. Filing of complaint
- 9:3-45 Notice of complaint to parents.
- 9:3-45.1 Rules, regulations.
- 9:3-45.2 Resource family parent notice, opportunity to be heard.
- 9:3-46 Objection to adoption.
- 9:3-47 Action on complaint for adoption of child received from approved agency.
- 9:3-48 Action on complaint for adoption of child not received from approved agency.
- 9:3-49. Age 10 or older, hearing appearance, child's wishes
- 9:3-50. Entry of judgment of adoption, effect; inheritance rights
- 9:3-51. Judgments of adoption; records
- 9:3-52. Records of proceedings
- 9:3-53. Costs of proceedings
- 9:3-54.1 Rules, regulations.
- 9:3-54.2 Home study; fingerprint and criminal data.
- 9:3-55 Report of prospective parents.
- 9:3-56. Severability
- 9:3A-1 Short title.
- 9:3A-2 Findings, declarations relative to establishing Department of Children and Families.
- 9:3A-3 Department of Children and Families established.
- 9:3A-4 Definitions relative to Department of Children and Families.
- 9:3A-5 Commissioner of Children and Families.
- 9:3A-6 Designation of final decision maker for contested cases.
- 9:3A-7 Responsibilities, duties of commissioner.
- 9:3A-7.1 Regulations for implementing provisions of act establishing the department.
- 9:3A-8 Necessary investigations; powers.
- 9:3A-9 Functions, powers, duties of Office of Children's Services transferred to department.
- 9:3A-10 "Office of Children's Services" refers to Department of Children and Families.
- 9:3A-11 Transfer of certain DHS staff to department.
- 9:3A-12 Act subject to C.52:14D-1 et seq.
- 9:3A-13 Inapplicability of act.
- 9:3A-14 Criminal history record information check for certain employees.
- 9:6-1. Abuse, abandonment, cruelty and neglect of child; what constitutes