Title 9, Title 9: CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS

9:6-8.90 Duties of board. 8. The board shall: a. Identify the fatalities of children due to unusual circumstances according to the following criteria: (1) The cause of death is undetermined; (2) Death where substance use disorder may have been a contributing factor; (3) Homicide,…

9:6-8.91 Determinations of board; composition of team; report. 9. a. The board shall determine which fatalities shall receive full review. The board may establish local or regional community-based teams to review information regarding children identified by the board. At least on…

9:6-8.92 Confidential master file. 10. a. The board shall record the name, age, date of birth, place of death or pronouncement of death, date and time of death, and circumstances surrounding the death in a confidential master file. Similar information shall be recorded for each n…

9:6-8.93 Subpoena, review of records. 11. a. The board may subpoena and review records that pertain to the child, except as provided in any statute, regulation or Executive Order relating to the confidentiality of criminal investigations and criminal investigative files. The reco…

9:6-8.94 Immunity from liability for civil damages. 12. A member of the board shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of providing in good faith any reports, records, opinions or recommendations pursuant to P.L.1997, c.175 (C.9:6-8.83 et al.). L.1997,c.175,s.12.

9:6-8.95 Solicitation of grants, other funds. 13. The board may solicit and receive grants and other funds made available from a governmental, public, private, nonprofit, or for-profit agency, including funds made available under any federal or State law, regulation or program. L…

9:6-8.96 Regulations by board. 14. The board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) concerning the operation of the board, procedures for conducting reviews of cases involving child fatalities and near fataliti…

9:6-8.97 Citizen review panels. 15. a. The commissioner shall designate three citizen review panels for the purpose of examining the policies and procedures of State and local agencies and, as appropriate, specific cases, and evaluating the extent to which the agencies are effect…

9:6-8.98 Rules, regulations by department. 19. The Department of Children and Families shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1997, c.175, s.19; amended 2006,…

9:6-8.98.1 Study of effects of racial, ethnic disparities on infant mortality. 1. a. The Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board shall study the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality. The purpose of the study shall be to: (1) identify Statewide and re…

9:6-8.98.2 Regulations. 2. The board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2018, c.22, s.2.

9:6-8.99 Regional diagnostic and treatment centers for child abuse and neglect established. 1. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall establish four regional diagnostic and treatment centers for child abuse and neglect affiliated with medical teaching institutions in the…

9:6A-1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Children's Trust Fund Act." L. 1985, c. 197, s. 1.

9:6A-10. Definitions For the purposes of this act: a. "Child" means a person under 18 years of age. b. "Child abuse" means abuse, abandonment, cruelty or neglect of a child as defined in R.S. 9:6-1, endangering the welfare of a child as defined in N.J.S. 2C:24-4 or any sexual off…

9:6A-11 County commissions encouraged. 2. The Department of Children and Families shall establish a program, using county human services advisory councils, to encourage each county in this State to establish a special county commission on child abuse and missing children. The spe…

9:6A-12. $2,500 grants The department shall pay $2,500.00 to any county that establishes or has established a special county commission on child abuse and missing children for the costs of establishing or operating the commission. L. 1986, c. 27, s. 3, eff. June 17, 1986.

9:6A-13. Rules, regulations In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the department shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. L. 1986, c. 27, s. 4, eff. June 17, 1986.

9:6A-5 Additional moneys. 7. In addition to moneys deposited into the "Children's Trust Fund" pursuant to P.L.1985, c.197 (C.9:6A-1 et al.), the Commissioner of Children and Families may designate moneys to be deposited into the fund which have been appropriated from the General …

9:6A-6 Deduction of costs. 8. Any costs incurred for collection or administration attributable to this act by the Division of Taxation may be deducted from receipts collected pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1985, c.197 (C.54A:9-25.4), as determined by the Director of the Division of…

9:6B-1. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Placement Bill of Rights Act." L.1991,c.290,s.1.

9:6B-2 Findings, declarations. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. A child placed outside his home by the Department of Human Services, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health and Senior Services or a board of education, or an agency or organi…

9:6B-2.1 Short title. 1. P.L.2023, c.1 (C.9:6B-2.1 et al.) shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Siblings' Bill of Rights." L.2023, c.1, s.1.

9:6B-2.2 Findings, declarations. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. In January 2020, the Department of Children and Families established a Youth Council comprising 24 young New Jerseyans with lived experience in the child welfare system. b. In considering ways to impr…

9:6B-3 Definitions. 3. As used in this act: "Child placed outside his home" means a child placed outside his home by the Department of Human Services, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health, or a board of education. "Department" means the Department of …

9:6B-4. Child's rights 4. A child placed outside his home shall have the following rights, consistent with the health, safety and physical and psychological welfare of the child and as appropriate to the individual circumstances of the child's physical or mental development: a. T…

9:6B-5 Public information. 5. The Departments of Human Services, Children and Families, Health, and Education shall each prepare and update at least every six months, and shall make available to the public upon request, aggregate non-identifying data about children under their ca…

9:6B-6 Rules, regulations. 6. The Commissioners of Human Services, Children and Families, Health, and Education, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall each adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.…

9:6B-7 Prohibition against use of property, benefits, child in custody, exceptions. 1. a. In any case of a child in the custody of the division, the department is prohibited from utilizing any portion of the child’s property or benefits to offset the State’s costs for the child’s…

9:6B-8 Federal waivers to implement provisions, federal reimbursement, child welfare services. 2. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall apply for any federal waivers as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and ensure continued federal reimbursement f…

9:7-1. Consent of Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies A public or private agency of any State accredited in such State for the placement of children, or any person whose home is approved by any such agency for the placement of a child, desiring to bring, send, or receive in…

9:7-2. Indemnity bond; conditions Subject to the further provisions of this chapter, any agency or person as described in section 9:7-1, before obtaining the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies for bringing, sending or receiving any such child in…

9:7-3. Violation of s.s. 9:7-1 and 9:7-2; responsibility for care and maintenance of child Any person, corporation, association or institution, or any officer or agent thereof, who shall bring, or send, or cause to be brought or sent, or receive any dependent child into this Stat…

9:7-4. Relative may bring child into state; immunity does not pass to others The provisions of sections 9:7-1 to 9:7-3 of this chapter shall not apply to a natural parent, parent by adoption, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent or stepparent bringing or receiving a child in…

9:7-5. Recovery of penalty in bond The penalty provided in the bond referred to in section 9:7-2 of this chapter shall be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the State of New Jersey; and such bond shall remain in force, and actions may be brought there…

9:7-6. Blanket consents and approvals; agreements; assignment of powers and duties In carrying out the powers, duties and responsibilities provided by this chapter, the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, subject to the approval of the State Board of Control of Institution…

9:7-7. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. L.1949, c. 161, p. 548, s. 7.

9:10-1. Establishment and management The board of chosen freeholders of a county having a juvenile and domestic relations court may establish and equip a school of detention for dependent and delinquent children under sixteen years of age whom it may be necessary to detain by ord…

9:10-2. Incorrigible, insubordinate and disorderly children and habitual truants Children under the age of sixteen who shall be habitual truants from school or habitually insubordinate or incorrigible and disorderly during attendance at school and who have been complained against…

9:10-3. Scope and purpose of school; personnel 9:10-3. A county school of detention shall be arranged and conducted so far as practicable for the safe custody of the inmates and so far as duration of commitment permits for their training for good citizenship and self-support. The…

9:10-4. Superintendents of detention house or school in certain counties The board of chosen freeholders of a county of the second class, the third class or the fifth class, which has a detention school or a detention house may by resolution appoint a superintendent therefor who …

9:10-5. Records and reports The superintendent of a county school of detention shall keep a complete record of children committed thereto, containing the name, address and age of each child, cause of detention, time of detention, offense alleged to have been committed if any, and…

9:10-6. Bonds For the purpose of obtaining means for the purchase of lands and buildings or the erection of buildings as authorized by section 9:10-1 of this title a county may issue bonds to an amount not exceeding one-half of one per cent of the ratables of the county for the p…

9:11-1. Appointment of trustees; number; term; other offices; vacancies 9:11-1. In counties of the first class, whenever in its judgment it shall be necessary or proper, the governing body of the county shall appoint 8 persons who shall constitute a board to be known as the Board…

9:11-10. Sale of real estate not needed for public use The board of trustees organized under the chapter to which this is a supplement may sell or dispose of any real estate or right or interest therein not needed for public use. All sales or disposition, except as hereinafter pr…

9:11-2. Organization and powers of trustees; contracts The board of trustees organized under section 9:11-1 of this title shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued and to use a common seal. It shall annually choose from among its members a president, a vice-presiden…

9:11-3. Acquisition of site; erection of building 9:11-3. The board of trustees organized under section 9:11-1 of this Title may acquire lands by gift, purchase or condemnation and erect buildings thereon suitable for the detention of persons, male or female, under 18 years of ag…