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2018 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 9 - CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS
Chapter 6 - Abuse, abandonment, cruelty and neglect of child; what constitutes
Section 9:6-8.57 - Abandoned child
Universal Citation: NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.57 (2018)
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 the child to the custody of the Division which shall provide for such child as authorized by law.
L.1974, c. 119, s. 37, eff. Oct. 10, 1974.
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