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2018 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 9 - CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS
Chapter 3 - Liberal construction; rights of affected persons.
- Section 9:3-37 - Liberal construction; rights of affected persons.
- Section 9:3-38 - Definitions.
- Section 9:3-39.1 - Offering, assisting in the placement of child for adoption, conditions.
- Section 9:3-39.2 - Provision of certain information.
- Section 9:3-39.3 - Request for certain information.
- Section 9:3-40 - Qualification of agencies for approval.
- Section 9:3-40.1 - Denial, suspension, revocation, refusal to renew agency's certificate on character requisites.
- Section 9:3-40.2 - Definitions relative to adoption agencies.
- Section 9:3-40.3 - Criminal history record background check for staff members of adoption agency.
- Section 9:3-40.4 - Request for criminal history record background check by agency.
- Section 9:3-40.5 - Disqualification of staff member for employment.
- Section 9:3-40.6 - Convincing evidence of rehabilitation.
- Section 9:3-40.7 - Immunity from liability relative to disclosure of information by agency.
- Section 9:3-40.8 - Child abuse record information check by agency.
- Section 9:3-40.9 - Agency established after effective date, request for child abuse record information check for all staff members.
- Section 9:3-40.10 - Adoption agencies located out-of-State.
- Section 9:3-40.11 - Regulations unaffected.
- Section 9:3-41 - Surrender of child
- Section 9:3-41.1 - Provision of available information on child's development to prospective parent.
- Section 9:3-42 - Jurisdiction in Chancery, venue
- Section 9:3-43 - Instituting adoption actions; qualifications
- Section 9:3-43.1 - Conditions for recognizing foreign adoptions, certain circumstances.
- Section 9:3-43.2 - Force of final judgment of adoption in a foreign jurisdiction, certain circumstances.
- Section 9:3-44 - Filing of complaint.
- Section 9:3-45 - Notice of complaint to parents.
- Section 9:3-45.1 - Rules, regulations.
- Section 9:3-45.2 - Resource family relative, parent, notice, right to be heard.
- Section 9:3-46 - Objection to adoption.
- Section 9:3-47 - Action on complaint for adoption of child received from approved agency.
- Section 9:3-48 - Action on complaint for adoption of child not received from approved agency.
- Section 9:3-49 - Age 10 or older, hearing appearance, child's wishes
- Section 9:3-50 - Entry of judgment of adoption, effect; inheritance rights
- Section 9:3-51 - Judgments of adoption; records
- Section 9:3-52 - Records of proceedings
- Section 9:3-53 - Costs of proceedings
- Section 9:3-54.1 - Rules, regulations.
- Section 9:3-54.2 - Home study, fingerprint and criminal data.
- Section 9:3-55 - Report of prospective parents.
- Section 9:3-56 - Severability
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