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NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-11.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-11.2 - Exceptions to requirement to make reasonable efforts to prevent placement of child.

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 reasonable efforts to prevent placement of the child if a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that both of the following criteria are met: a. One of the following actions has occurred: (1) the parent has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances of abuse, neglect, cruelty, or abandonment, (2) the parent has been convicted of murder, aggravated manslaughter, or manslaughter of another child of the parent; aiding or abetting, attempting, conspiring, or soliciting to commit murder, aggravated manslaughter, or manslaughter of the child or another child of the parent; committing or attempting to commit an assault that resulted, or could have resulted, in the significant bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent; or committing a similarly serious criminal act which resulted, or could have resulted, in the death or significant bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent, (3) the rights of the parent to another of the parent's children have been involuntarily terminated or (4) removal of the child was required due to imminent danger to the child's life, safety or health; and b. Efforts to prevent placement were not reasonable due to risk of harm to the child's health or safety. When determining whether reasonable efforts are required to prevent placement, the health and safety of the child shall be of paramount concern to the court. L.1999, c.53, s.24; amended 2004, c.130, s.50; 2012, c.16, s.62.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-11.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-11.3 - Exceptions to requirement to provide reasonable efforts to reunify child with parent.

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 reasonable efforts to reunify the child with a parent if a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that: a. The parent has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances of abuse, neglect, cruelty, or abandonment; b. The parent has been convicted of murder, aggravated manslaughter, or manslaughter of another child of the parent; aiding or abetting, attempting, conspiring, or soliciting to commit murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter of the child or another child of the parent; committing or attempting to commit an assault that resulted, or could have resulted, in significant bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent; or committing a similarly serious criminal act which resulted, or could have resulted, in the death of or significant bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent; or c. The rights of the parent to another of the parent's children have been involuntarily terminated. When determining whether reasonable efforts are required to reunify the child with the parent, the health and safety of the child and the child's need for permanency shall be of paramount concern to the court. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the division from providing reasonable efforts to reunify the family, if the division determines that family reunification is in the child's best interests. A permanency plan for the child may be established at the same hearing at which the court determines that reasonable efforts are not required to reunify the child with the parent, if the hearing meets all of the requirements of a permanency hearing pursuant to section 50 of P.L.1999, c.53 (C.30:4C-61.2). L.1999, c.53, s.25; amended 2004, c.130, s.51; 2012, c.16, s.63.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-11.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-11.4 - Permanency hearing.

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, c.53 (C.30:4C-61.2) are met. L.1999,c.53,s.26.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-11.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-11.5 - Commissioner's report to Legislature, Governor.

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-11.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-11.6 - Rules, regulations

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 public input in the development of the rules and regulations.   1999, c.53, ss.23-26, 52,53.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-12.1 - Search for relatives; assessment of abilities.

30:4C-12.1 Search for relatives; assessment of abilities.  8. 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 has a kinship relationship as defined in section 2 of P.L.2001, c.250 (C.3B:12A-2). The department shall initiate a search for relatives or persons with a kinship relationship with the child who may be willing and able to provide the care and support required by the child. The search shall be initiated within 30 days of the department's acceptance of the child in its care or custody. The search will be completed when all sources contacted have either responded to the inquiry or failed to respond within 45 days. The department shall complete an assessment of each interested relative's or person's ability to provide the care and support, including placement, required by the child. b. If the department determines that the relative or person who has a kinship relationship with the child is unwilling or unable to assume the care of the child, the department shall not be required to re-evaluate the relative. The department shall inform the relative or person in writing of: (1) the reasons for the department's determination; (2) the responsibility of the relative or person to inform the department if there is a change in the circumstances upon which the determination was made; (3) the possibility that termination of parental rights may occur if the child remains in resource family care for more than six months; and (4) the right to seek review by the department of such determination. c. The department may decide to pursue the termination of parental rights if the department determines that termination of parental rights is in the child's best interests. L.1991, c.275, s.6; amended 1995, c.416, s.1; 2004, c.130, s.53; 2006, c.47, s.123; 2021, c.154, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-12.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-12.2 - Resource family parent, relative, notice; right to be heard.

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, shall receive written notice of, and shall have a right to be heard at, any review or hearing held with respect to the child, but the resource family parent or relative shall not be made a party to the review or hearing solely on the basis of the notice and right to be heard. L.1999, c.53, s.28; amended 2004, c.130, s.54; 2007, c.228, s.2; 2012, c.16, s.64.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-13 - Referral to legally responsible person or agency.

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 responsible for the support of the child who is willing and able to provide the care and support required by the child; or it shall appear that the needs of the child can properly be provided for by financial assistance as made available by the laws of this State; then, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, before accepting and providing care or custody, shall first make proper referral of the matter to such legally responsible person, or to the agency charged with the administration of such financial assistance. If it shall appear that the welfare of the child is endangered, and that such condition can be eliminated or ameliorated by making available to or for the child any one or more of whatever specific services the Division of Child Protection and Permanency may be authorized, within the limits of legislative appropriations, to provide for all children in similar circumstances, the child shall be found eligible for care or custody, and the division shall proceed to furnish the services either by direct provision or, if the division so determines in the specific case, by purchasing services from any appropriate privately sponsored agency or institution which complies with whatever rules and regulations, established pursuant to P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.), may govern such arrangements for purchase of service. L.1951, c.138, s.13; amended 1962, c.197, s.16; 2012, c.16, s.65.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-14 - Notice of action taken on application.

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-12). L.1951, c.138, s.14; amended 1962, c.197, s.17; 2012, c.16, s.66.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-15.1a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-15.1a - Certain prior statements of child, admissible as evidence.

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.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15); to provide judicial review and approval of a permanency plan pursuant to section 26 of P.L.1999, c.53 (C.30:4C-11.4); to determine care and supervision or custody pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-12); for guardianship pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1991, c.275 (C.30:4C-15.2); to determine placement pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1977, c.424 (C.30:4C-54); or in any other hearing that may be held during the course of child placement, permanency, or guardianship proceedings, or during the course of proceedings to terminate parental rights, pursuant to chapter 4C of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. b. No such statement, if uncorroborated, shall be sufficient to make a determination that termination of parental rights is in the best interests of the child, or to make a fact finding of abuse or neglect. L.2019, c.379, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-15.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-15.2 - Final guardianship hearing

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.275,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-15.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-15.3 - Exceptions from requirement to file petition seeking termination of parental rights.

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 relative and a permanent plan for the child can be achieved without termination of parental rights; b. The division has documented in the case plan, which shall be available for court review, a compelling reason for determining that filing the petition would not be in the best interests of the child; or c. The division is required to provide reasonable efforts to reunify the family but the division has not provided to the family of the child, consistent with the time period in the case plan, such services as the division deems necessary for the safe return of the child to his home. L.1999, c.53, s.31; 2012, c.16, s.67.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-15.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-15.5 - Short title

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-15.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-15.6 - Findings, declarations relative to abandoned children

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 children have been harmed or have died as a consequence of their abandonment.  b. The parents of these newborn infants may be under severe emotional stress and may need a safe haven available to them and their child.  c. Anonymity, confidentiality and freedom from prosecution may encourage the parent to leave an infant safely and save the life of the infant. d. Texas passed a law in 1999 concerning the emergency possession of certain abandoned children (Texas Family Code Section 262.301 et seq.) and measures similar to this Texas law have passed in Minnesota and Louisiana and are under consideration in more than 20 states, including California, Colorado, Kentucky and Indiana to name a few. e. Infants at risk may be served by having this legislation in place and this legislation is worthwhile if it saves even one infant's life. L.2000, c.58, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-15.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-15.8 - Responsibilities of division, placement of child

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 with the child's parents. Additionally, the division shall not be required to search for relatives of the child as a placement or permanency option, or to implement other placement requirements that give preference to relatives if the division does not have information as to the identity of the child, the child's mother or the child's father. The division shall place the child with potential adoptive parents as soon as possible.  L.2000, c.58, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-15.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-15.9 - Educational public information program, toll free hotline.

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 infants, the confidentiality offered to birth parents and information regarding adoption procedures. This campaign shall include the establishment of a 24-hour, toll free hotline to assist in making information about the safe haven procedures established by P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.5 et al.) as widely available as possible. b. The Department of Children and Families shall provide to licensed general hospitals in this State and State, county, or municipal police stations, fire departments, and ambulance, first aid, and rescue squads, information about relevant social service agencies which may be made available to any person voluntarily delivering a child as provided in section 4 of P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.7). c. The Department of Children and Families shall notify relevant county and municipal government agencies, agencies that deliver social services administered by the Departments of Children and Families, Human Services, and Health, physicians, pregnancy crisis centers, adoption agencies, and colleges and universities about the availability of information concerning the "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act," including the pamphlets, posters, and other materials available on the department's Internet site. L.2000, c.58, s.6; amended 2006, c.47, s.125; 2009, c.255; 2015, c.82, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-15.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-15.10 - Rules, regulations.

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 effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2000, c.58, s.9; amended 2006, c.47, s.126.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-15.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-15.11 - Distribution of information about "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" to certain public school students.

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 school districts in the State with students in grades 7 through 12, pamphlets, posters and other educational materials that provide information to these students on the provisions of the "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act," P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.5 et al.).  b. The Department of Children and Families shall distribute the pamphlets, posters and other educational materials, at no charge, to the school districts. The department shall update the pamphlets, posters and other educational materials as necessary, and shall make additional copies available to educators and other individuals working with public school students in grades 7 through 12. L.2007, c.143, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-16 - Association or agency to file summary of records with petition

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-18 - Verification of petition; investigation; report of findings.

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 such petition and investigate all the facts pertaining to the eligibility of the child for commitment, and prior to the day set for hearing shall file with the court a report of its findings. The report shall show such facts as will assist the court in making a decision in the matter. L.1951, c.138, s.18; amended 1962, c.197, s.20; 2012, c.16, s.70.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-19 - Adjournments

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-20 - Order terminating parental rights; committing child to guardianship.

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 terminating parental rights and committing the child to the guardianship and control of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, and the child shall thereupon become the legal ward of the division, which shall be the legal guardian of the child for all purposes, including the placement of the child for adoption. If the court shall have made an interlocutory order as provided in section 17 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-17), but at the final hearing a further order of commitment shall not be made as provided in this section, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall return the child forthwith to the parent or parents, guardian, or person having had custody of the child immediately prior to the filing of the petition; provided, however, that if the return does not ensure the safety of the child or if the parent or parents, guardian, or person having had custody cannot be found or, for other reason satisfactory to the court, is unable to accept the child, the division, upon order of the court, may place the child with such other person or persons who, at the time of final hearing, expressed willingness to accept the child, but the order shall in no wise be construed as a grant of custody or guardianship. In all such cases the interlocutory order shall continue in full force and effect until the division shall have made disposition of the child as provided herein or as otherwise provided by law, but in no case for a period longer than 30 days after the final hearing. L.1951, c.138, s.20; amended 1962, c.197, s.21; 1999, c.53, s.32; 2012, c.16, s.71.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-21 - Guardianship order not to be restrictive.

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, placement, welfare, and exclusive guardianship of the child as provided in P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.), and the division shall be removed as the guardian only by a court of competent jurisdiction upon charges preferred and upon good cause shown after an opportunity to be heard. L.1951, c.138, s.21; amended 1962, c.197, s.22; 2012, c.16, s.72.