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NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-92 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-92 - When relief may be provided in home

44:4-92. When relief may be provided in home  If adult poor persons own the property where they reside in whole or in part, or are receiving shelter in some other suitable home or habitation, and it is possible to maintain them more adequately and profitably within the intent of this chapter, the director of welfare, under the direction of and subject to the approval of the county welfare board, may provide for their permanent relief in such homes in lieu of committing or placing them in a welfare-house.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-93 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-93 - Permanent relief; amount to be adequate; payable monthly

44:4-93. Permanent relief; amount to be adequate; payable monthly  The director of welfare under the direction and subject to the approval of the county welfare board shall furnish permanent relief in an amount adequate to provide for the reasonable maintenance and well-being of such poor person, which shall be payable monthly upon the application of the director, out of the funds from which other expenses for the relief and support of the permanent poor are paid. L.1941, c. 130, p. 444, s. 1; L.1946, c. 297, p. 998, s. 1, eff. May 6, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-94 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-94 - Semiannual report relative to continuance of relief

44:4-94. Semiannual report relative to continuance of relief  At the expiration of six months from the time of granting permanent relief in the home, and every succeeding such period of time thereafter, or sooner if and when required by the county welfare board, the director of welfare shall render a report disclosing the conditions, circumstances, and changes if any of any such case, and if further relief is deemed by the welfare board to be necessary and advisable in the case, the welfare board shall order the continuance of the relief for a like period of time. The county welfare board may in its discretion summarily revoke any such order so made and thereafter all maintenance and relief for such poor person shall cease forthwith.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-95 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-95 - Notice to board of children's guardians of commitment of minors to welfare-house

44:4-95. Notice to board of children's guardians of commitment of minors to welfare-house  The director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall within twenty-four hours of the commitment of all minor children under the age of eighteen years to the welfare-house, notify the state board of children's guardians of such commitment.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-96 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-96 - Supervision of minors committed to welfare-house

44:4-96. Supervision of minors committed to welfare-house  The care and general supervision of all minor children under the age of eighteen years who are committed to the welfare-house as mentioned in section 44:4-95 of this title shall upon such commitment be vested in the state board of children's guardians.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-97 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-97 - Temporary commitment of poor minor by director to institution or home

44:4-97. Temporary commitment of poor minor by director to institution or home  The director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall, upon application for permanent relief, if granted, commit any minor poor child, who has gained a legal settlement within the meaning of this chapter to the welfare-house, or other public institution for the care of dependent children or to some private institution for the care of children or with some family approved by the state board of children's guardians for a period not to exceed thirty days after date of commitment, or until the court having jurisdiction has adjudged the child a public charge or made an order committing the child or its family to the care of the state board of children's guardians as herein and otherwise provided by law.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-98 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-98 - Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children's guardians

44:4-98. Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children's guardians  Within twenty-four hours of such placement the director of welfare shall give a written notice thereof to the state board of children's guardians, and to the board of chosen freeholders of the county wherein the child has a settlement. The notice shall contain a description of the child embracing its name, age, sex, religion, faith of its parents, the names and addresses of all relatives liable for the support of the child, date of placement, past and present address or place of abode, and such information as the director has been able to ascertain, and the length of time the family has received relief from the municipality or district.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-99 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-99 - Transfer of children from welfare-house to charitable society; maintenance

44:4-99. Transfer of children from welfare-house to charitable society; maintenance  L.1933, c. 103, p. 211, entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act for the settlement and relief of the poor, and providing for municipal, county or joint county relief, excepting from county or joint county relief, certain municipalities" (Revision of 1924), approved March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four,' " approved April tenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [This act provides that in counties which had adopted the provisions of the county referendum act providing for the relief and settlement of the poor, and in which children were then being maintained at public charge under the care of a duly incorporated charitable society, the county may transfer any child under eighteen years from the county welfare-house to the society. Upon being so transferred the child is to be maintained at the expense of the county.]
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-100 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-100 - Ascertaining and obtaining or compelling assistance of relatives

44:4-100. Ascertaining and obtaining or compelling assistance of relatives  Upon application for the relief of a poor person the county welfare board shall ascertain if possible the relatives chargeable by law for his support and proceed to obtain their assistance or compel them to render such assistance as is provided by law.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-101 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-101 - Relatives chargeable

44:4-101. Relatives chargeable  a. The father and mother of a person under 18 years of age who applies for and is eligible to receive public assistance, and the children, and husband or wife, severally and respectively, of a person who applies for and is eligible to receive public assistance, shall, if of sufficient ability, at his or their charge and expense, relieve and maintain the poor person or child in such manner as shall be ordered, after due notice and opportunity to be heard, by any county director of welfare, or by any court of competent jurisdiction upon its own initiative or the information of any person. b. The provisions of this section shall apply to the minor children of a mother whose husband shall fail properly to support and maintain such minor children when by reason thereof they are likely to become a public charge. c. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person 55 years of age or over except with regard to his or her spouse, or his or her natural or adopted child under the age of 18 years. Amended by L.1968, c. 446, s. 2, eff. Feb. 19, 1969; L.1975, c. 1, s. 2, eff. Jan. 14, 1975; L.1979, c. 401, s. 2, eff. Feb. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-102 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-102 - Compelling support by relatives

44:4-102. Compelling support by relatives  44:4-102. If any of the relatives mentioned in section 44:4-101 of this Title shall fail to perform the order or directions of the county director of welfare with regard to the support of the poor person, or if the poor person is supported at public expense, the Superior Court, upon the complaint of the director of welfare or two residents of the county may summon the persons chargeable as in other actions and summon witnesses, and may order and adjudge the able relatives to pay such sum as the circumstances may require in the discretion of the court for each poor person, as will maintain and relieve him or them, and as will relieve the public of the burden of such care and maintenance. However, where it shall appear that the person or persons sought to be held were the child or children of the poor person and were abandoned and deserted by the poor person who failed to support and maintain them during minority, the Superior Court may revoke the order of the director of welfare or reduce the amount of said order against such child or children, in proportion to the actual support and maintenance rendered by said poor person to the child or children sought to be held. Any child now under an order to support a poor person may apply to the Superior Court which issued said order for the revocation or reduction of said order in accordance with the terms of this proviso. Violations of any such order of the Superior Court shall constitute a contempt of court.  The county through its governing body may also bring an appropriate action to recover any sum of money due for the relief, support and maintenance of any poor person against any person chargeable by law therefor.  Amended 1940,c.56; 1953,c.42,s.23; 1991,c.91,s.439.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-103 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-103 - Contracts between welfare board and relatives or others

44:4-103. Contracts between welfare board and relatives or others  In all cases where there are relatives and others not otherwise chargeable by law who are able and willing to support and maintain or contribute to the support and maintenance of a poor person, the county welfare board may contract with such relatives in consideration of the support and maintenance of the poor person whereby the relatives may undertake and obligate themselves to that end, or induce such aid and support as may be possible.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-104 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-104 - Compelling support by husband or wife

44:4-104. Compelling support by husband or wife  44:4-104. When a husband or father shall desert his wife, child or children or a woman shall desert her child or children and leave them, or any of them, as public charges, the director of welfare of the county may apply to the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, which court may order and adjudge suitable support and maintenance to be paid and provided by the husband or wife, or either of them, to be made out of his property, and for such time as the nature of the case and circumstances of the parties render suitable and proper in the opinion of the court, and may compel the defendant to give reasonable security for such maintenance and support, and from time to time make such further orders and judgments touching such maintenance and support as shall be just, and enforce such orders and judgments.  Amended 1953,c.42,s.24; 1991,c.91,s.440.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-105 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-105 - Sequestration of estate

44:4-105. Sequestration of estate  44:4-105. The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part may: a. Issue process for the immediate sequestration of the personal estate and the rents and profits of the real estate of the person charged as provided in section 44:4-104 of this Title;  b. Appoint the director of welfare of the county, or another person, receiver thereof; and  c. Cause the personal estate and the rents and profits of the real estate, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be applied toward the maintenance and support as to the court shall from time to time seem reasonable and just.  Amended 1953,c.42,s.25; 1991,c.91,s.441.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-107 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-107 - Recovery of expenses of support

44:4-107. Recovery of expenses of support  The county welfare board through the county director of welfare, may bring a civil action from time to time in that court for such amount as may be necessary to pay any expense incurred or unpaid, and upon recovery of judgment and the sale of any property, real or personal, of the defendant, the proceeds realized therefrom as in other civil actions shall be paid to the county welfare board and applied by it for the support and maintenance of the deserted persons, or to reimburse the county or welfare board to the extent of the expenditures made by it for such support and maintenance. The sum realized on execution sale and not immediately used shall be kept by the county welfare board in a separate account in a national or State bank in the place where the deserted wife or children or any of them, are placed or maintained. All surplus proceeds not expended for that purpose shall be the property of and payable to the defendant. Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 784, s. 27, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-108 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-108 - Willful deserter as disorderly person; punishment

44:4-108. Willful deserter as disorderly person; punishment  A husband or father who willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide for and maintain his wife or children, or any of them, or a mother who willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide for and maintain her children, or any of them, or a child who willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide for and maintain his parents, or either of them, is a disorderly person, and upon being so adjudged shall be committed to the workhouse or county jail of the county or of that county composing a district in which the person resided at the time of the desertion or failure to provide for a period not exceeding sixty days in the discretion of the court. Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 785, s. 28, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-109 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-109 - Complaint by director of welfare

44:4-109. Complaint by director of welfare  When a director of welfare having jurisdiction in such cases believes that such desertion or willful refusal or neglect to so provide for any such wife, children or parents, or any of them, will cause the family to become chargeable as poor persons to any county, he shall make complaint before a court having jurisdiction in the county where the persons reside or in the place where the father, husband or child resides. Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 785, s. 29, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-112 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-112 - Visitation of sick poor by official physicians and nurses

44:4-112. Visitation of sick poor by official physicians and nurses  When a physician or nurse who is employed by the governing body of a county or municipality is called upon or notified by the county welfare board of the county wherein the municipality is situated, with the consent and cooperation of the board where and whereby such physician or nurse is employed, to visit a poor person who is ill or injured, he shall make the visit and render such medical aid as the case may demand.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-113 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-113 - Contract for visiting nursing care

44:4-113. Contract for visiting nursing care  Where a contract for the visiting nursing care of sick poor persons in such municipalities is desired by the municipal authorities the county welfare board may enter into such contract, the cost to be borne by the municipality to which the service is rendered.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-114 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-114 - Further medical or other relief

44:4-114. Further medical or other relief  If it shall appear that the person visited and aided is a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, the physician or nurse attending him shall report the fact in writing to the director of welfare of the county welfare board, which may grant such further medical, surgical or other relief to the poor person as the circumstances may require or as it may deem necessary.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-115 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-115 - Hospitalization and other relief where treatment is urgent

44:4-115. Hospitalization and other relief where treatment is urgent  In all cases wherein medical or surgical treatment is urgent, a poor person may be removed and admitted to any public or private hospital in the municipality in which he is found, and the director or those having charge of the hospital shall within a reasonable time ascertain from the sick person his name and place of residence, and if it shall appear that he is a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, a notice in writing shall immediately be sent to the county welfare board of the county wherein the municipality is situated in which the poor person resided prior to such removal and admittance. Upon receipt of the notice the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board, after confirming the status of the poor person, shall proceed and provide in a like manner for the relief of the sick indigent person as is provided for by, and is within the meaning of, this chapter, but the hospital expense shall be borne by the municipality in which the poor person was a resident prior to such removal and admittance.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-116 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-116 - Bond for maintenance from master or commander

44:4-116. Bond for maintenance from master or commander  When a ship or vessel shall arrive within a port, harbor or county within this state, having on board passengers or employees coming from any foreign port or place, or coming from any county within or without this state into any county within this state, the county welfare board of the county in which the ship or vessel shall arrive, may require of the master or commander thereof a bond with approved security to the inhabitants of the county in the sum of, and not exceeding, two hundred dollars, conditioned for the maintenance and support of any passenger or employee on board the ship or vessel who is sick, infirm or otherwise incapable and a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, in the opinion of the director of welfare of the county.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-117 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-117 - Liability of master or commander for landing persons wrongfully

44:4-117. Liability of master or commander for landing persons wrongfully  A master or commander of a ship or vessel arriving as referred to in section 44:4-116 of this title, who shall land or suffer to be landed from on board his ship or vessel any passenger or employee who is sick, infirm or otherwise incapable of providing for his own support and by reason thereof is likely to become a public charge of the county, except by permit from the county welfare board of the county in which the poor person is found or brought, without having notified the director of welfare immediately upon the arrival of the passenger or employee and without having entered into the bond referred to in said section 44:4-116 shall be liable for the expenses of the relief and care of such poor person. Such expense may be recovered from time to time, with costs of suit, by the county welfare board incurring it, in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the poor person may be.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-118 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-118 - Burial of poor

44:4-118. Burial of poor  When a person shall die in a county without leaving money or other means sufficient to defray his funeral expenses, the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall employ some person to provide for and superintend the burial of the deceased person and contract with a cemetery association to provide a place for the burial, and the necessary and reasonable expenses as fixed by the governing body chargeable with the expense shall be paid by it upon the order of the county welfare board.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-119 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-119 - Acquisition of cemetery by county; issuance of bonds

44:4-119. Acquisition of cemetery by county; issuance of bonds  A county may acquire by devise, gift, purchase, condemnation or in any other manner, such land as in the judgment of the governing body may be necessary and proper for a burial ground for those who may die therein without leaving means necessary to defray their funeral expenses. Such lands may be within the boundaries of an existing cemetery. If in the opinion of the governing body the amount of such cost will be too burdensome to be borne by the taxpayers in any one year, they may issue bonds therefor, in the manner in which other county bonds are issued pursuant to law.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-120 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-120 - Appropriations for year following adoption of chapter

44:4-120. Appropriations for year following adoption of chapter  Within fifteen days after this chapter takes effect and becomes operative in any county the county welfare board shall: a. Meet with the board of freeholders for consideration of the estimate of the welfare board as to the amount necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter for the ensuing year, and the board of freeholders after due consideration of the recommendation of the welfare board shall appropriate an amount sufficient in the judgment of the board of freeholders for the relief of the permanent or indoor poor within its jurisdiction; and b. Meet with the governing bodies of the municipalities of the county for consideration of the respective estimates of amounts necessary for providing temporary or outdoor relief in the respective municipalities and the governing bodies shall appropriate amounts sufficient in their respective judgments to meet the estimated expenditures for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor in the respective municipalities for the ensuing year.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-121 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-121 - Estimates for ensuing calendar or fiscal years

44:4-121. Estimates for ensuing calendar or fiscal years  On November first of each year thereafter, the county welfare board shall forward to the board of chosen freeholders an estimate of the amount necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter, and to the governing bodies of the respective municipalities of the county estimates of the respective amounts necessary for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor in the respective municipalities for the ensuing calendar or fiscal year.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-122 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-122 - Appropriation by freeholders for relief of permanent or indoor poor

44:4-122. Appropriation by freeholders for relief of permanent or indoor poor  Such provision for expense for the relief of the permanent or indoor poor shall upon the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, be included in the budgets of the respective counties on certification thereof by the respective county welfare boards for the ensuing calendar or fiscal year, and an amount shall be appropriated sufficient in the judgment of the board of freeholders to meet the necessary expenditures.