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

9:17-68 Certain provisions of law not applicable to gestational carrier agreements. 9. Certain Provisions of Law not Applicable to Gestational Carrier Agreements. a. A gestational carrier agreement shall not be considered: (1) An adoption pursuant to Title 9 of the Revised Statut…

9:17-69 Findings, declarations relative to establishing legal parentage. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Modern medical advances have made parenthood possible for many couples that would not otherwise be able to have their own child, thanks to the availability of a…

9:17-70 Definitions relative to establishing legal parentage. 2. As used in this act: "Assisted reproduction" means medical procedures to facilitate human reproduction that involve human gametes or pre-embryos, including, but not limited to artificial insemination, in vitro ferti…

9:17-71 Eligibility to file for adoption. 3. a. A natural parent or person treated in State law as a legal parent of the child, and the current or former partner in civil union or the current or former spouse of the natural parent or person treated in State law as a legal parent …

9:17A-1. Consent by minor to medical, surgical care 1. The consent to the performance of medical or surgical care and procedure by a hospital or by a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery executed by a married person who is a minor, or by a pregnant woman who is a m…

9:17A-1.1. Short title 2. Sections 2 through 13 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Parental Notification for Abortion Act." L.1999,c.145,s.2.

9:17A-1.10. Violation; penalty 11. Any person who performs an abortion in violation of this act shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000 and shall be liable in a civil action by a parent wrongfully denied notification. A person shall no…

9:17A-1.11 Rules, regulations. 12. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), concerning procedures for phys…

9:17A-1.12. Provisions of act severable 13. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the sections which can be given effect without the invalid provis…

9:17A-1.2. Findings relative to parental notification for abortion 3. The Legislature finds that there exist compelling and important State interests in protecting minors against their own immaturity, in fostering the family structure and preserving it as a viable social unit, an…

9:17A-1.3. Definitions relative to parental notification for abortion 4. As used in this act: "Abortion" means the use of any means to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with knowledge that the termination with those means will, with reasonable likelihood, c…

9:17A-1.4. Written notice of pending operation 5. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an abortion shall not be performed upon an unemancipated minor until at least 48 hours after written notice of the pending operation has been delivered in the manner s…

9:17A-1.5. Notice not required if parent already notified 6. Notice of a pending abortion shall not be required under this act if the parent who is entitled to notice has set forth in a notarized writing that notice was received. L.1999,c.145,s.6.

9:17A-1.6. Notice not required if abortion due to medical emergency 7. Notice of a pending abortion shall not be required under this act if the attending physician certifies in the unemancipated minor's medical records that the abortion is necessary due to a medical emergency. L.…

9:17A-1.7. Waiver of parental notification by court proceedings 8. a. A minor may, by petition or motion, seek a waiver of parental notification from a judge of the Superior Court. The petition or motion shall include a statement that the minor is pregnant and is not emancipated.…

9:17A-1.8 Fact sheet for distribution to unemancipated pregnant minors. 9. The Department of Health shall prepare a fact sheet for distribution to unemancipated pregnant minors who are seeking abortion services. a. The fact sheet shall be written in terms generally understood by …

9:17A-1.9. Entitlement to benefits unaffected 10. Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to deny a pregnant unemancipated minor who is under the age of 18 any benefits to which she would otherwise be entitled pursuant to law. L.1999,c.145,s.10.

9:17A-2. Written obligations by minor to repay loan received for higher education; enforcement Any contract, promissory note or other written obligation made, entered into or executed by any minor to repay or secure payment of any loan or loans made on account of any aid and assi…

9:17A-3. Institution of higher education defined As used in this act, an institution of higher education means any qualified institution of collegiate grade, located in this State or elsewhere, which is approved by any regional accrediting association recognized by the National C…

9:17A-4 Consent by minor to treatment. 1. a. (1) The consent to the provision of medical or surgical care or services or a forensic sexual assault examination by a hospital or public clinic, or consent to the performance of medical or surgical care or services or a forensic sexua…

9:17A-4.1. Admission to treatment programs not affected 2. This act shall not be interpreted to interfere with any parental rights to place a child in treatment on a voluntary or involuntary basis under applicable State law. Treatment programs shall not be required to admit minor…

9:17A-4.2 Information provided relative to certain behavioral health provisions. 2. The Department of Children and Families shall prepare and make available on the department's Internet website, in an easily printable format, information on the behavioral health provisions of sec…

9:17A-4.3 Construction. 3. Nothing in section 1 of P.L.1968, c.230 (C.9:17A-4) shall be construed to: a. require a provider to continue to provide behavioral or mental health treatment to a minor if, in the provider's professional judgment, the consent or participation of the min…

9:17A-4.4 Rules, regulations. 4. The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et …

9:17A-5. Informing spouse, parent, custodian or guardian of minor's treatment Upon the advice and direction of a treating physician or, if more than one, any one of them, a member of the medical staff of a hospital, public clinic, or physician licensed to practice medicine, may, …

9:17A-6 Consent by person age 17 to donate blood, age 16 with parental consent. 1. a. Any person of the age of 17 years or over can consent to donate blood in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program without the necessity of obtaining parental permission or authorization. …

9:17B-1. Legislative findings The Legislature finds and declares and by this act intends, pending the revision and amendment of the many statutory provisions involved, to: a. Extend to persons 18 years of age and older the basic civil and contractual rights and obligations hereto…

9:17B-2. Status of 18 to 21-year-olds The Legislature by this act does not intend to: a. Effect the release from confinement or transfer from one institution to another of a person attaining age 18 rather than 21 years; b. Affect the right of a court to exercise its discretion in…

9:17B-3 Majority at 18. 3. Except with respect to the provision of services pursuant to the laws relating to dependent and neglected children, allocated to chapter 4C of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes (C.30:4C-1 to 30:4C-44), to persons between 18 and 21 years of age who seek t…

9:17B-4. Period of minority and age of majority; definition in testamentary disposition, will, deed, conveyance, trust or similar instrument Any testamentary disposition, will, codicil, deed, conveyance, sale, trust or similar instrument executed prior to January 1, 1973 in which…

9:21-1. Report on municipal conditions 1. If on the determination of a criminal or juvenile delinquency case before the Superior Court it shall appear that the guilt of the defendant or delinquency of the child is attributable in whole or in part to the existence of deleterious, …

9:21-2. Municipal youth guidance commission If in any municipality there shall exist a municipal youth guidance commission or other organization specifically devoted to the prevention of crime and juvenile delinquency, such commission or organization may give, to the courts havin…

9:22-1. Municipal youth guidance council When authorized by resolution of the municipal governing body, the mayor or chief executive officer of each municipality in this State shall appoint by and with the advice and consent of the said governing body a municipal youth guidance c…

9:22-11. Appropriations to municipal youth guidance council Each municipality of this State is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate and make available to its municipal youth guidance council such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray its expenses, and the a…

9:22-12. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. L.1947, c. 179, p. 823, s. 12.

9:22-2. Joint municipal youth guidance commission in contiguous municipalities Two or more contiguous municipalities may by concurrent resolution of their respective governing bodies establish a joint municipal youth guidance commission. Where a joint municipal youth guidance com…

9:22-3. Terms of members Members of the municipal youth guidance council shall be appointed to serve for a term of three years or until their successors be appointed with the exception that the terms of the original membership of the council should be so constituted as to provide…

9:22-4. Annual organization; meetings The members of the municipal youth guidance council shall organize annually by selecting a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. The municipal youth guidance council shall meet regularly, at least once each month, and at such other times as …

9:22-5. Duties of guidance council The municipal youth guidance council shall be charged with responsibility to: a. Assist in co-ordinating and integrating community plans and services, governmental and voluntary, affecting the welfare of all children and youth in the community. …

9:22-6. Powers of guidance council Each municipal youth guidance council shall have power: a. To undertake, supervise or direct the making of studies and surveys of all matters and things which are or may be related to or in the interest of youth guidance. b. To create subcommitt…

9:22-7. Division of Community Services for Delinquency Prevention to advise guidance councils It shall be the duty of the Division of Community Services for Delinquency Prevention, of the Department of Institutions and Agencies, hereafter referred to as the State agency, to advis…

9:22-8. Adjustment committee of guidance council; plan of operation; records; reports 8. Any municipal youth guidance council may, by resolution, create a special subcommittee to be known as the adjustment committee consisting of persons qualified by experience and training to as…

9:22-9. Hearings. 9. Any municipal youth guidance council having an adjustment committee may petition the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, in its discretion, to either: a. Establish a schedule for a holding of juvenile hearings in a suitable location chosen by the …

9:23-1. Interstate Compact on juveniles The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of this State with any other State or States legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES The contracting States …

9:23-1.1. Authorization to execute amendment The Governor is authorized and directed to execute, with any other state or states legally joining in the same, an amendment to the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, which shall provide the remedies set forth in section 2 of this act in…

9:23-1.2. Return of nonresident juveniles charged with crime All provisions and procedures of Article V and VI of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles shall be construed to apply to any juvenile charged with being a delinquent by reason of a violation of any criminal law. Any juve…