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2024 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others
Section 3B:12-23 - Guardian for child of absconding or absent parent
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NJ Rev Stat § 3B:12-23 (2024)
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3B:12-23. Guardian for child of absconding or absent parent
If a resident of this State has or shall abscond or absent himself from the State, leaving a child under the age of 18 without sufficient provision for his maintenance and education, the surrogate of the county wherein the child resides, or the Superior Court, may appoint a guardian for his person or estate or both. The Superior Court may revoke the appointment when it shall appear proper.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:12-23, eff. May 1, 1982.
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