2014 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 9 - CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS
Section 9:2-14 - Surrender of child custody; validity

NJ Rev Stat § 9:2-14 (2014) What's This?

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 custody of a child shall be valid in this State unless made to an approved agency pursuant to the provisions of this act or pursuant to the provisions of a substantially similar law of another State or territory of the United States or of the Dominion of Canada or of one of its provinces.

L.1955, c. 232, p. 896, s. 2.


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