Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

30:4C-102 "Statewide Tuition Waiver Program." 2. There is created in the Department of Children and Families the "Statewide Tuition Waiver Program." The purpose of the program is to provide State-paid tuition to children who have been under the care and custody of the Division of…

30:4C-103 Eligibility requirements for program. 3. a. A child shall be eligible to qualify for the program if the child meets the following requirements at the time of the initial application to the Commissioner of Children and Families for a tuition waiver pursuant to subsection…

30:4C-104 Application procedure, maximum benefit. 4. The applicant shall complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid to determine the level of need and eligibility for State and federal financial aid programs. If the sum of the tuition waiver plus other federal, State a…

30:4C-105 Rules, regulations. 5. Subject to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate …

30:4C-11 Application for care and custody; verification, investigation. 11. Whenever it shall appear that any child within this State is of such circumstances that the child's safety or welfare will be endangered unless proper care or custody is provided, an application setting f…

30:4C-11.1 Health, safety of paramount concern in placement of child. 23. a. In accordance with the provisions of subsections b., c., and d. of this section, when determining the reasonable efforts to be made and when making the reasonable efforts, the child's health and safety s…

30:4C-11.2 Exceptions to requirement to make reasonable efforts to prevent placement of child. 24. In any case in which the Division of Child Protection and Permanency accepts a child in care or custody, including placement, the division shall not be required to provide reasonabl…

30:4C-11.3 Exceptions to requirement to provide reasonable efforts to reunify child with parent. 25. In any case in which the Division of Child Protection and Permanency accepts a child in care or custody, including placement, the division shall not be required to provide reasona…

30:4C-11.4 Permanency hearing. 26. Any hearing held before the Family Part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court may serve as a permanency hearing to provide judicial review and approval of a permanency plan for the child if all the requirements of section 50 of P.L.1999…

30:4C-11.5 Commissioner's report to Legislature, Governor. 52. The Commissioner Human Services shall report to the Legislature and the Governor within 18 months of the date of enactment of this act on the implementation of the act. L.1999,c.53,s.52.

30:4C-11.6 Rules, regulations 53. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act. The commissioner shall provide an opportunity for…

30:4C-12 Filing complaint; investigation; application for court order; hearing. 12. Whenever it shall appear that the parent or parents, guardian, or person having custody and control of any child within this State is unfit to be entrusted with the care and education of such chil…

30:4C-12.1 Search for relatives; assessment of abilities. 6. a. In any case in which the Department of Children and Families accepts a child in its care or custody, including placement, the department shall consider placement of the child with a suitable relative or person who ha…

30:4C-12.2 Resource family parent, relative, notice; right to be heard. 28. In any case in which the Division of Child Protection and Permanency accepts a child in its care or custody, the child's resource family parent or relative providing care for the child, as applicable, sha…

30:4C-13 Referral to legally responsible person or agency. 13. If in the course of verifying and investigating any applications or complaints, as provided for in sections 11 and 12 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-11 and C.30:4C-12), it shall appear that there is a person legally resp…

30:4C-14 Notice of action taken on application. 14. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall give due notice in writing to the applicant or complainant of the action taken on any application as provided in sections 11 and 12 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-11 and C.30:4C…

30:4C-15 Petition to terminate parental rights, conditions. 15. Whenever (a) it appears that a court wherein a complaint has been proffered as provided in chapter 6 of Title 9 of the Revised Statutes, has entered a conviction against the parent or parents, guardian, or person hav…

30:4C-15.1 Termination of parental rights, standards. 7. a. The division shall initiate a petition to terminate parental rights on the grounds of the "best interests of the child" pursuant to subsection (c) of section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15) if the following standards …

30:4C-15.10 Rules, regulations. 9. The Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectu…

30:4C-15.11 Distribution of information about "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" to certain public school students. 1. a. The Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall develop a plan to distribute to all public sch…

30:4C-15.1a Certain prior statements of child, admissible as evidence. 1. a. Previous statements made by a child relating to any allegations of abuse or neglect of that child shall be admissible in evidence in any hearing: to terminate parental rights pursuant to section 15 of P.…

30:4C-15.2. Final guardianship hearing 8. A final hearing for guardianship shall be held within three months from the date the petition is filed with the Family Part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15). L.1991,c.27…

30:4C-15.3 Exceptions from requirement to file petition seeking termination of parental rights. 31. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall not be required to file a petition seeking the termination of parental rights if: a. The child is being cared for by a relativ…

30:4C-15.4. Notice to parent of right to counsel; public defender appointments; law guardian, selection 54. a. In any action concerning the termination of parental rights filed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15), the court shall provide the respondent parent w…

30:4C-15.5. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act." L.2000, c.58, s.1.

30:4C-15.6. Findings, declarations relative to abandoned children 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. New Jersey and the nation have experienced sorrow in the knowledge that newborn infants are sometimes abandoned in life-threatening situations and that some of these c…

30:4C-15.7 Designated sites, voluntary relinquishment of child; assumption of care, custody, control by Division of Child Protection and Permanency. 4. a. If a person voluntarily delivers a child who is or appears to be no more than 30 days old to, and leaves the child with an ad…

30:4C-15.8. Responsibilities of division, placement of child 5. The division, after assuming the care, custody and control of a child from a licensed general hospital pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.7), shall not be required to attempt to reunify the child wit…

30:4C-15.9 Educational public information program, toll free hotline. 6. a. The Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall establish an educational and public information program to promote safe placement alternatives for newborn…

30:4C-16. Association or agency to file summary of records with petition Where the petitioner under section fifteen hereof is an association or agency, such petitioner shall file with the petition a summary of its records of the case. L.1951, c. 138, p. 581, s. 16.

30:4C-17 Petition, notice of hearing; interlocutory, order. 17. a. When a petition is filed under section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15), by a person, association, or agency other than the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, the court, in addition to causing service …

30:4C-18 Verification of petition; investigation; report of findings. 18. Immediately upon receipt of the copy of a petition served on or mailed to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency as provided by section 17 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-17), the division shall verify…

30:4C-19. Adjournments 19. Adjournment of any hearing on a petition filed under section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15) shall not exceed a total period of 45 days. L.1951,c.138,s.19; amended 1991,c.275,s.5.

30:4C-2 Definitions. 2. For the purposes of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.) the following words and terms shall, unless otherwise indicated, be deemed and taken to have the meanings herein given to them: (a) The term "Division of Child Protection and Permanency" or "division,…

30:4C-2.1 Division of Child Protection and Permanency as continuation of former agencies. 39. Except as otherwise provided by P.L.1962, c.197, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall in all respects and for all purposes be deemed a continuation of the agency heretof…

30:4C-2.3 Provision of services to certain individuals aged 18 to 21. 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Children and Families shall provide services to individuals who are between 18 and 21 years of age and meet the following conditions: a…

30:4C-2.4 New Jersey Child Welfare Training Academy. 4. a. There is established the New Jersey Child Welfare Training Academy in the Department of Children and Families for the purpose of providing a training program to meet the needs of the child welfare system Statewide. The tr…

30:4C-2.5 Rules, regulations. 126. The Commissioner of Children and Families, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L.2004, c.130, s.126; amended 2…

30:4C-20 Order terminating parental rights; committing child to guardianship. 20. If upon the completion of the hearing the court is satisfied that the best interests of the child require that the child be placed under proper guardianship, the court shall make an order terminatin…

30:4C-21 Guardianship order not to be restrictive. 21. The order of the court committing a child to the guardianship of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, shall in no wise be restrictive of the duties, powers, and authority of the division in the care, custody, plac…

30:4C-22 Full guardianship. 22. The care, custody or guardianship of the division shall be full and complete for all purposes and shall vest in the division the custody and control of both the person and property of children in its custody or care, and of its wards, whether commi…

30:4C-23 Voluntary surrenders, releases of custody, consents to adoption. 23. In addition to the methods otherwise provided in this article for establishing guardianship by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, and when necessary to carry out the provisions of P.L.1951…

30:4C-24 Application for care or custody; complaint; petition. 24. Whenever the director of welfare of any county or municipality in this State shall be called upon to serve any child whose needs cannot properly be provided for by financial assistance as made available by the law…

30:4C-25 Agents of Division of Child Protection and Permanency to visit children. 25. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency, by its agent or agents, shall regularly visit all children under its care, custody, or guardianship under the provisions of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30…

30:4C-26 Placing child in resource family home or institution. 26. a. Whenever the circumstances of a child are such that his needs cannot be adequately met in his own home, the division may effect his placement in a resource family home, with or without payment of board, in a gr…

30:4C-26.1 "Resource family home" defined. 1. As used in P.L.1962, c.137 (C.30:4C-26.1 et seq.) "resource family home" means and includes private residences wherein any child in the care, custody, or guardianship of the Department of Children and Families may be placed by the dep…