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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:7-1 - Direction by governor to attorney general to institute proceeding; application by attorney general

1:7-1. Direction by governor to attorney general to institute proceeding; application by attorney general
If, at any time within one year after any law or joint resolution has been filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to sections 1:2-5, 1:2-6 or 1:2-7 of this Title, the Governor has reason to believe that any such law or joint resolution was not duly passed by both houses of Legislature, or approved by the Governor or otherwise made effective as law in the manner required by the Constitution, he may direct the Attorney-General to apply to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, to have the law or joint resolution adjudged void. Thereupon the Attorney-General shall prepare, sign and prosecute the application.
Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1312, s. 1; L.1953, c. 4, p. 24, s. 4, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:7-2 - Summary hearing of application; witnesses; depositions; notices

1:7-2. Summary hearing of application; witnesses; depositions; notices
The court, on the application, shall inquire summarily into the circumstances and may, for that purpose, order witnesses to be subpoenaed and sworn and their depositions taken and such notice to be given of the taking of depositions and the hearing before the court, by publication or otherwise, as it deems just.
Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1313, s. 2; L.1953, c. 4, p. 24, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:7-3 - Hearings; adjudging law or resolution void

1:7-3. Hearings; adjudging law or resolution void
After a full hearing the court may, if satisfied that the constitutional and statutory provisions relating to the enactment and approval of laws and joint resolutions have not been complied with, adjudge the law or joint resolution or any part thereof to be void.
Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1313, s. 3; L.1953, c. 4, p. 24, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:7-4 - Application by citizens; procedure thereon

1:7-4. Application by citizens; procedure thereon
Any two or more citizens of the State may, within the time prescribed by section 1:7-1 of this Title, present to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court an application, such as is authorized by said section 1:7-1 to be presented by the Attorney-General, and the court shall proceed thereon in the manner provided by sections 1:7-2 and 1:7-3 of this Title. The applicants may prosecute the application, and the Attorney-General may, if required so to do by the Governor, defend on behalf of the State.
Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1313, s. 4; L.1953, c. 4, p. 25, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:7-5 - Participation by citizens in proceedings

1:7-5. Participation by citizens in proceedings
Any citizen of the State may, when an application is presented under authority of either section 1:7-1 or section 1:7-4 of this Title, appear before the court, in defense and subpoena and examine and cross-examine witnesses.
Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1314, s. 5; L.1953, c. 4, p. 25, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:7-6 - Judgment of invalidity; copy for and proclamation by governor; operation and effect

1:7-6. Judgment of invalidity; copy for and proclamation by governor; operation and effect
If in any application authorized in this chapter, the court shall adjudge any law or joint resolution, or any part thereof, to be void, the clerk of the court shall thereupon make a true copy of the judgment, certify the same under his hand and seal of the court and deliver the copy to the Governor or person administering the government, who shall issue his proclamation under the great seal of the State, setting forth such judgment. The proclamation shall be filed, published and printed with the laws as other proclamations are required to be filed, published and printed, and shall be judicially noticed and received in evidence in all courts of the State in the same manner and to the same extent that the law or joint resolution therein specified would have been if such judgment had not been made. No law or joint resolution, or part thereof, adjudged void shall, after the entry of such judgment as provided in this chapter, be judicially noticed or received in evidence by any of the courts of the State. Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1314, s. 6; L.1953, c. 4, p. 25, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:7-7 - Costs, fees and expenses of proceedings

1:7-7. Costs, fees and expenses of proceedings
When an application presented under authority of section 1:7-4 of this Title is dismissed the court shall allow and tax the costs and necessary expenses of the Attorney-General, including a fee to the Attorney-General of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) in any one case, and shall order the payment thereof by such citizens, and payment thereof may be enforced by execution.
Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1314, s. 7; L.1953, c. 4, p. 26, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:8-1 - Appointment, powers and duties of commissioners

1:8-1. Appointment, powers and duties of commissioners
L.1909, c. 154, p. 229 [C.S. p. 4987, s.s. 79 to 82], entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of commissioners to represent this state in the commission for the promotion of uniform legislation in the United States," approved April seventeenth, one thousand nine hundred and nine, saved from repeal. [This act authorizes the appointment of three commissioners for three-year terms, without compensation, except traveling and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties, whose duties are to examine certain subjects such as marriage and divorce, et cetera, as to which uniformity of legislation in the various states is desirable, to confer as to such legislation with commissioners appointed by other states for the same purposes, to consider and draft uniform acts to be submitted for approval by the several states, to devise and recommend such other and further course of action as will tend to promote uniformity of legislation, and to make annual and other reports to the governor for transmission to the legislature.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:10-1 - Commission established; members; powers and duties

1:10-1. Commission established; members; powers and duties
L.1925, c. 73, p. 244, entitled "An act to provide for the revision and consolidation of the public statutes of this state," approved March twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the appointment by the chancellor of three commissioners, who shall be counselors at law, to revise, simplify, arrange and consolidate all the public acts of the state; states the powers and duties of the commissioners in respect of such revision; provides for the submission by the commissioners to the legislature of a printed copy of the public acts revised by them; requires the commissioners, after the laws revised by them have been submitted to and approved by the legislature, to prepare the same for the press, with the proper references and notes; provides for the distribution of the statutes so revised; authorizes the commissioners to select a chairman; provides for the compensation of the commissioners and of the persons employed by them; provides for the filling of vacancies in the membership of the commission; and makes a preliminary appropriation.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:12A-1 - Law Revision Commission

1:12A-1. Law Revision Commission
There is created in the Legislative Branch of State Government a commission to be known as the New Jersey Law Revision Commission.
L. 1985, c. 498, s. 1, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:12A-2 - Membership

1:12A-2. Membership
The commission shall consist of:
a. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, or its successor, who shall serve while chairman of that committee;
b. The chairman of the Assembly Judiciary, Law, Public Safety and Defense Committee, or its successor, who shall serve while chairman of that committee;
c. The Deans, or their designees, of Rutgers Law School, Newark; Rutgers Law School, Camden; and Seton Hall Law School; and
d. Four attorneys admitted to the practice of law in this State, two to be appointed by the President of the Senate, no more than one of whom shall be of the same political party, and two to be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, no more than one of whom shall be of the same political party.
L. 1985, c. 498, s. 2, eff. Jan. 21,1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:12A-3 - Terms

1:12A-3. Terms
Of the members of the commission first appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of four years and two for terms of five years. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for terms of five years. Members shall serve until the appointment and qualification of their successors.
L. 1985, c. 498, s. 3, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:12A-5 - No compensation

1:12A-5. No compensation
Members of the commission shall not receive any compensation, but they shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
L. 1985, c. 498, s. 5, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:12A-7 - Employees

1:12A-7. Employees
The commission may appoint employees and consultants as may, in its judgment, be necessary, prescribe their qualifications and duties, and fix their compensation within the availability of amounts appropriated for that purpose.
L. 1985, c. 498, s. 7, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:12A-8 - Functions; duties

1:12A-8. Functions; duties
The commission shall promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the law of New Jersey and its better adaption to present social needs, secure the better administration of justice and carry on scholarly legal research and work. It shall further be the duty of the commission to:
a. Conduct a continuous examination of the general and permanent statutory law of this State and the judicial decisions construing it, for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms therein, and to prepare and submit to the Legislature, from time to time, legislative bills designed to
(1) Remedy the defects,
(2) Reconcile conflicting provisions found in the law, and
(3) Clarify confusing and excise redundant provisions found in the law;
b. Carry on a continuous revision of the general and permanent statute law of the State, in a manner so as to maintain the general and permanent statute law in revised, consolidated and simplified form under the general plan and classification of the Revised Statutes and the New Jersey Statutes;
c. Receive and consider suggestions and recommendations from the American Law Institute, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and other learned bodies and from judges, public officials, bar associations, members of the bar and from the public generally, for the improvement and modification of the general and permanent statutory law of the State, and to bring the law of this State, civil and criminal, and the administration thereof, into harmony with modern conceptions and conditions; and
d. Act in cooperation with the Legislative Counsel in the Office of Legislative Services, to effect improvements and modifications in the general and permanent statutory law pursuant to its duties set forth in this section, and submit to the Legislative Counsel and the Division for their examination such drafts of legislative bills as the commission shall deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
L. 1985, c. 498, s. 8, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:13-10 - Transfer of records and property and unexpended balance of appropriations to commission

1:13-10. Transfer of records and property and unexpended balance of appropriations to commission
All files, books, papers, records, furniture, equipment and other property of the commission constituted under this act are transferred to the Law Revision and Legislative Services Commission and the unexpended balance as of June 30, 1964 of sums appropriated, to the commission constituted under this act, are hereby appropriated to the Law Revision and Legislative Services Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1964, to carry out the purposes of this act.
L.1964, c. 154, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:14-12 - New Jersey Corporate and Business Law Study Commission

1:14-12. New Jersey Corporate and Business Law Study Commission
a. There is created in the Legislative branch of State Government a permanent commission to be known as The New Jersey Corporate and Business Law Study Commission.
b. The commission shall consist of three members who are admitted to practice law in New Jersey, and who are distinguished in the field of corporate and business law to be appointed as follows: one member shall be appointed by the Governor; one by the President of the Senate; and one by the Speaker of the General Assembly. All members shall serve for a term of three years and shall be eligible for reappointment.
c. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term only.
d. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties under this act.
L.1989,c.163,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:14-14 - Duties, powers

1:14-14. Duties, powers
a. It shall be the duty of the commission to study and review all aspects of the statutes, legislation and decisions of the courts in this State and other states relating to business entities, including business corporations and partnerships and the issuance of ownership interests or securities thereby. In addition the commission shall study and review all aspects of the law governing non-profit corporations in this State and other states.
b. The commission shall have the power to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of employees of any State, county or municipal department, board, bureau, commission or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for its purposes, to hold public hearings from time to time, and to employ counsel, stenographic and clerical assistants and incur traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem necessary in order to perform its duties, and as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for its purposes.
L.1989,c.163,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes › Section 1:14-15 - Annual report; recommended legislation

1:14-15. Annual report; recommended legislation
The commission shall file annually with the Governor and the Legislature a report containing its findings and recommendations, accompanying its report with any proposed legislation which it may desire to recommend for enactment.
L.1989,c.163,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:3-14 - Appointment to judgeships; "political parties" defined

2A:3-14. Appointment to judgeships; "political parties" defined
In every county in which there are or may be 2 or more judges of the county court, all appointments to such judgeships shall be made in such manner that the appointees shall be, as nearly as possible, in equal numbers, members of different political parties, so as to constitute the county court in any such county bipartisan in character.
The words "political parties" mean such political parties as shall have cast the largest and the next to the largest number of votes, respectively, for members of the general assembly at the last preceding general election held for the election of all the members of the general assembly, prior to the making of any such appointments.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.126 - State tribunal and support enforcement agency.

2A:4-30.126 State tribunal and support enforcement agency.
3. State tribunal and support enforcement agency.
a. The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part is the tribunal of this State.
b. The Probation Division of the Superior Court and the State IV-D Agency are the support enforcement agencies of this State.
L.2016, c.1, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.127 - Remedies cumulative.

2A:4-30.127 Remedies cumulative.
4. Remedies cumulative.
a. Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
b. This act does not:
(1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this State; or
(2) grant a tribunal of this State jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this act.
L.2016, c.1, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.128 - Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.

2A:4-30.128 Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
5. Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
a. A tribunal of this State shall apply Articles 1 through 6 of this act and, as applicable, Article 7 of this act, to a support proceeding involving:
(1) a foreign support order;
(2) a foreign tribunal; or
(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
b. A tribunal of this State that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles 1 through 6 of this act.
c. Article 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 7 of this act is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6 of this act, Article 7 of this act controls.
L.2016, c.1, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.129 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.

2A:4-30.129 Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
6. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
a. In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:
(1) the individual is personally served with a summons or notice within this State;
(2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this State by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(3) the individual resided with the child in this State;
(4) the individual resided in this State and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(5) the child resides in this State as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this State and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(7) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
b. The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection a. or in any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this State to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of section 55 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 59 are met.
L.2016, c.1, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.130 - Duration of personal jurisdiction.

2A:4-30.130 Duration of personal jurisdiction.
7. Duration of personal jurisdiction.
Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in a proceeding under this act or other law of this State relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by sections 10, 11 and 16 of this act.
L.2016, c.1, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.131 - Initiating and responding tribunal of state.

2A:4-30.131 Initiating and responding tribunal of state.
8. Initiating and responding tribunal of state.
Under this act, a tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
L.2016, c.1, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.132 - Simultaneous proceedings.

2A:4-30.132 Simultaneous proceedings.
9. Simultaneous proceedings.
a. A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:
(1) the petition or comparable pleading in this State is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;
(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and
(3) if relevant, this State is the home state of the child.
b. A tribunal of this State may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:
(1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this State for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this State;
(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this State; and
(3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
L.2016, c.1, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.133 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.

2A:4-30.133 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.
10. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.
a. A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:
(1) at the time of the filing of a request for modification this State is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
(2) even if this State is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this State may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
b. A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:
(1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this State that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
(2) its order is not the controlling order.
c. If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act," P.L.2016, c.1 (C.2A:4-30.124 et al.) or a law substantially similar to that act which modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this State, tribunals of this State shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
d. A tribunal of this State that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.
e. A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
L.2016, c.1, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.134 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.

2A:4-30.134 Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.
11. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.
a. A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act," P.L.2016, c.1 (C.2A:14-30.124 et al.); or
(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
b. A tribunal of this State having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
L.2016, c.1, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.136 - Child support orders for two or more obligees.

2A:4-30.136 Child support orders for two or more obligees.
13. Child support orders for two or more obligees.
In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this State shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this State.
L.2016, c.1, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.137 - Credit for payments.

2A:4-30.137 Credit for payments.
14. Credit for payments.
A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this State, another state, or a foreign country.
L.2016, c.1, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.138 - Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.

2A:4-30.138 Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.
15. Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.
A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this act, under other law of this State relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this State pursuant to section 32 of this act, communicate with a tribunal outside this State pursuant to section 33 of this act, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this State pursuant to section 34 of this act. In all other respects, Articles 3 through 6 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this State.
L.2016, c.1, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.139 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.

2A:4-30.139 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.
16. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.
a. A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
b. A tribunal of this State may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
c. A tribunal of this State that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:
(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this State; or
(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.
L.2016, c.1, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.140 - Proceedings under act.

2A:4-30.140 Proceedings under act.
17. Proceedings under act.
a. Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act.
b. An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
L.2016, c.1, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.141 - Proceeding by minor parent.

2A:4-30.141 Proceeding by minor parent.
18. Proceeding by minor parent.
A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.142 - Application of law of State.

2A:4-30.142 Application of law of State.
19. Application of law of State.
Except as otherwise provided in this act, a responding tribunal of this State shall:
a. apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this State and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
b. determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this State.
L.2016, c.1, s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.143 - Duties of initiating tribunal.

2A:4-30.143 Duties of initiating tribunal.
20. Duties of initiating tribunal.
a. Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal of this State shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
(1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or
(2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
b. If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this State shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this State shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
L.2016, c.1, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.144 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal.

2A:4-30.144 Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
21. Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
a. When a responding tribunal of this State receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection b. of section 17 of this act, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
b. A responding tribunal of this State, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a child;
(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3) order income withholding;
(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, electronic-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;
(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and
(12) grant any other available remedy.
c. A responding tribunal of this State shall include in a support order issued under this act, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
d. A responding tribunal of this State may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this act upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
e. If a responding tribunal of this State issues an order under this act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
f. If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this State shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
L.2016, c.1, s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.145 - Inappropriate tribunal.

2A:4-30.145 Inappropriate tribunal.
22. Inappropriate tribunal.
If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this State or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
L.2016, c.1, s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.146 - Duties of support enforcement agency.

2A:4-30.146 Duties of support enforcement agency.
23. Duties of support enforcement agency.
a. In a proceeding under this act, a support enforcement agency of this State, upon request:
(1) shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;
(2) shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection e. of section 2 of this act; and
(3) may provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.
b. A support enforcement agency of this State that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this State, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;
(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;
(4) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(5) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and
(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
c. A support enforcement agency of this State that requests registration of a child support order in this State for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:
(1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
(2) if two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
d. A support enforcement agency of this State that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
e. A support enforcement agency of this State shall request a tribunal of this State to issue a child support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to section 35 of this act.
f. This act does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
L.2016, c.1, s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.147 - Duty of the Attorney General.

2A:4-30.147 Duty of the Attorney General.
24. Duty of the Attorney General.
a. If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General may:
(1) when the support enforcement agency is the Probation Division of the Superior Court, apply to the Superior Court for an order directing the Probation Division to perform its duties under this act; or
(2) when the support enforcement agency is the State IV-D agency, order the State IV-D agency to perform its duties under this act; or
(3) provide those services directly to the individual.
b. The Attorney General may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this State and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.
L.2016, c.1, s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.149 - Duties of State information agency.

2A:4-30.149 Duties of State information agency.
26. Duties of State Information Agency.
a. The Administrative Office of the Courts and the State IV-D Agency are the State information agencies under this act.
b. The State information agency shall:
(1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this State which have jurisdiction under this act and any support enforcement agencies in this State and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
(2) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;
(3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this State in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this act received from another state or a foreign country; and
(4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this State not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.
L.2016, c.1, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.150 - Pleadings and accompanying documents.

2A:4-30.150 Pleadings and accompanying documents.
27. Pleadings and accompanying documents.
a. In a proceeding under this act, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country shall file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 28 of this act, the petition or accompanying documents shall provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition shall be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
b. The petition shall specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents shall conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
L.2016, c.1, s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.151 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.

2A:4-30.151 Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
28. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information shall be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
L.2016, c.1, s.28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.152 - Costs and fees.

2A:4-30.152 Costs and fees.
29. Costs and fees.
a. The petitioner shall not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.
b. If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this State may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.
c. The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under Article 6, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.
L.2016, c.1, s.29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.153 - Limited immunity of petitioner.

2A:4-30.153 Limited immunity of petitioner.
30. Limited immunity of petitioner.
a. Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this act before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.
b. A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this State to participate in a proceeding under this act.
c. The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this act committed by a party while physically present in this State to participate in the proceeding.
L.2016, c.1, s.30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:4-30.154 - Nonparentage as defense.

2A:4-30.154 Nonparentage as defense.
31. Nonparentage as defense.
A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this act.
L.2016, c.1, s.31.