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

9:11-8. Money provided annually The moneys necessary for the management of a county youth house and the improvement, betterment, repairs and other necessary expenses incident thereto shall be provided each year by the board of chosen freeholders in their annual tax budget, upon t…

9:11-9. Use of facilities by other counties and agencies by agreement The board of trustees of any youth house created and organized pursuant to the chapter supplemented hereby may enter into an agreement with the board of chosen freeholders of any other county or the Attorney Ge…

9:12-1. Commitment authorized; powers of board In any county wherein the board of chosen freeholders maintains for children an almshouse, welfare house or home, under the charge of a board of managers thereof appointed and regulated by such board of chosen freeholders, a court au…

9:12-2. Temporary relief of needy child When in a county described in section 9:12-1 of this title the parent, guardian or next friend of any child is unable to provide such care and maintenance for the child as its needs require, the board of managers of such home may, upon requ…

9:12A-1. Establishment of children's shelter; management; funds 25. The governing body of any county may establish, equip and maintain a home for the temporary detention of children, separated entirely from any place of confinement of adults, to be known as "The Children's Shelte…

9:12A-2 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Homeless Youth Act." L.1999,c.224,s.1.

9:12A-3 Findings, declarations relative to homeless youth. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: homeless youth are a largely invisible population; many of these children have no families and are being exploited by adults or are turning to delinquency as a way to survive on…

9:12A-4 Definitions relative to homeless youth. 3. As used in P.L.1999, c.224 (C.9:12A-2 et seq.): "Department" means the Department of Children and Families. "Division" means the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families. "Homeless yo…

9:12A-5 Comprehensive programs for homeless youth; list of organizations, agencies participating. 4. The department shall establish and support a comprehensive program for homeless youth in the State by contracting with organizations and agencies, licensed by the department, that…

9:12A-6 Street outreach program. 5. A street outreach program for homeless youth shall enhance the accessibility of resources to a homeless youth by locating, contacting and providing services to the youth through mobile outreach. The services provided by the street outreach prog…

9:12A-7 Basic center shelter program. 6. a. A basic center shelter program shall provide a homeless youth with 24-hour, seven-day a week, walk-in access to emergency, short-term residential care. The services offered by the program shall provide a homeless youth with a stable out…

9:12A-8 Transitional living program. 7. A transitional living program shall provide residential care and treatment services for up to 18 months to a homeless youth 16 to 21 years of age who demonstrates the maturity to function with minimal adult supervision. The program shall as…

9:12A-9 Rules, regulations. 8. Subject to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt rules and regulations for the licensing by the department of organizations and agencies that provide street ou…

9:13-7. Expenditures for crippled children and children with cerebral palsy The board of chosen freeholders of a county which has no county home and hospital for crippled children and children afflicted with cerebral palsy may appropriate not more than $75,000.00 each year for th…

9:13-8. Funds; how raised The annual appropriation for the care of crippled children and children afflicted with cerebral palsy under section 9:13-7 of this Title shall be included in the annual tax levy. If funds sufficient to meet such appropriation are not otherwise available …

9:14A-1. Report of deaf children under six years; care and treatment; notice to commissioner of education It shall be the duty of every attending or consulting physician, nurse, parent or guardian having charge of any minor under six years of age who is totally deaf or whose hear…

9:14B-1. County assistance The board of chosen freeholders of a county which has no county home and hospital for children afflicted with sickle cell anemia may appropriate not more than $10,000.00 each year for the necessary expense incident to the diagnosis and treatment of such…

9:17-38. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Parentage Act." L.1983, c. 17, s. 1.

9:17-39 Parent and child relationship defined. 2. As used in P.L.1983, c.17 (C.9:17-38 et seq.), "parent and child relationship" means the legal relationship existing between a child and the child's natural or adoptive parents, between a child and the child's co-parents pursuant …

9:17-4. Warrants directed to whom 9:17-4. Warrants in such proceedings shall be directed to a police officer of the county. Amended by L.1949, c. 141, p. 515, s. 4; L.1953, c. 9, p. 82, s. 31; 2023, c.250, s.19.

9:17-40. Extent of parent and child relationship 3. The parent and child relationship extends equally to every child and to every parent, regardless of the marital status of the parents. L.1983, c. 17, s. 3.

9:17-41 Parent-child relationship established. 4. The parent and child relationship between a child and: a. The natural mother, may be established by: (1) proof of her having given birth to the child unless the child is born in connection with a gestational carrier agreement exec…

9:17-42. Closed court; confidentiality of records 5. Notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records, any action or proceeding held under this act shall be held in closed court without admittance of any person other than those necessary to the action or proce…

9:17-43 Presumptions. 6. a. A man is presumed to be the biological father of a child if: (1) He and the child's biological mother are or have been married to each other and the child is born during the marriage, or within 300 days after the marriage is terminated by death, annulm…

9:17-44 Artificial insemination. 7. a. If, under the supervision of a licensed physician, a physician assistant, or an advanced practice nurse, and with the consent of her spouse or partner in a civil union, a woman is inseminated artificially with semen donated by a man not her …

9:17-45 Action to determine existence of parent-child relationship. 8. a. A child, a legal representative of the child, the natural mother, the estate or legal representative of the mother, if the mother has died or is a minor, a man alleged or alleging himself to be the father, …

9:17-46. Jurisdiction 9. a. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over an action brought under this act. The action shall be joined with an action for divorce, annulment, separate maintenance or support. b. A person who has sexual intercourse in this State thereby submits to…

9:17-47. Parties; guardian ad litem 10. The child may be made a party to the action. If the child is a minor and is made a party, a guardian ad litem may be appointed by the court to represent the child. The child's mother or father may not represent the child as guardian or othe…

9:17-48 Consent conference; settlement; contested cases, testing; presumptions. 11. a. As soon as practicable after an action to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship has been brought, a consent conference shall be held by the Superior Court, …

9:17-49 Civil action under act; trial by court. 12. a. An action under this act is a civil action governed by the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey. b. The trial shall be by the court without a jury. L.1983,c.17,s.12; amended 1998, c. 1, s.46.

9:17-5. Reputed father out of county; serving warrant upon If the person charged as such reputed father shall be or reside in a county of this State other than that in which the warrant is issued, the person serving the warrant shall present it to a court of the county wherein th…

9:17-50. Witnesses; compelling to testify; immunity; contempt; physician's testimony; admissibility of evidence 13. a. The mother of the child and the alleged father are competent to testify and may be compelled to testify. b. Upon refusal of any witness, including a party, to te…

9:17-52 Evidence relating to paternity. 15. Evidence relating to paternity may include: a. Evidence of sexual intercourse between the mother and alleged father at any possible time of conception; b. An expert's opinion concerning the statistical probability of the alleged father'…

9:17-52.1. Default order, effect 6. A default order shall be entered in a contested paternity action upon a showing that proper notice has been served upon the party and the party has failed to appear at a hearing or trial; or has failed to respond to a notice or order that requi…

9:17-53 Judgment, order of court, certificate of parentage, amendment of birth record; amount of support. 16. a. The judgment or order of the court or a Certificate of Parentage determining the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child relationship is determinative for al…

9:17-54. Costs and fees 17. The court may order reasonable fees of counsel, experts, and the child's guardian ad litem, and other costs of the action and pre-trial proceedings, including blood or genetic tests, to be paid by the parties in proportions and at times determined by t…

9:17-55. Enforcing parties 18. a. If existence of the father and child relationship is declared, or paternity or a duty of support has been acknowledged or adjudicated under this act or under prior law, the obligation of the father may be enforced in the same or other proceedings…

9:17-56. Continuing jurisdiction 19. The court has continuing jurisdiction to modify or revoke a judgment or order. L.1983, c. 17, s. 19.

9:17-57. Parties 20. The child, the mother or personal representative of the child, the Division of Public Welfare in the Department of Human Services or the county welfare agency, the personal representative or a parent, if the mother has died or is a minor, a man alleged or all…

9:17-58. Support agreement 21. a. Any agreement in writing to furnish support for a child, growing out of a supposed or alleged father and child relationship, does not require consideration and is enforceable according to its terms, subject to subsection d. of section 8. b. In th…

9:17-59. Amended birth record 22. a. Upon order of a court of this State or upon request of a court of another state, the local registrar of vital statistics shall prepare an amended birth record consistent with the findings of the court. b. The fact that the father and child rel…

9:17-6. Bond to be taken; discharge thereon; proceedings when no bond is taken When the reputed father is apprehended pursuant to section 9:17-5 of this Title, he shall be taken before any court of the county wherein he resides or is found, and that court may take from him a bond…

9:17-60 Title. 1. Title. This act shall be known as the "New Jersey Gestational Carrier Agreement Act." L.2018, c.18, s.1.

9:17-61 Purpose. 2. Purpose. a. The Legislature finds and declares that gestational carrier agreements executed pursuant to this act are in accord with the public policy of this State. b. It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature to: (1) Establish consistent standards and p…

9:17-62 Definitions. 3. Definitions. As used in this act: "Advanced practice nurse" means a person certified in accordance with the provisions of section 8 or 9 of P.L.1991, c.377 (C.45:11-47 or 45:11-48). "Assisted reproductive technology" means procreative laboratory procedures…

9:17-63 Rights of parentage. 4. Rights of Parentage. a. Provided that the gestational carrier and the intended parent satisfy the eligibility requirements set forth in section 5 of P.L.2018, c.18 (C.9:17-64) and the gestational carrier agreement satisfies the requirements set for…