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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-85 - Helpers to overseers

44:1-85. Helpers to overseers
An overseer may appoint resident helpers without pay or fees to aid in the temporary relief of poor persons under his direction, preferably by district, in a municipality, in order that such helpers may observe, ascertain and assist the overseer or deputy in ascertaining the cause or causes of dependency, obtain employment for poor persons when needed, and assist and advise the overseer or deputy in instituting and prosecuting to a determination such proceedings as may be necessary through other agencies of the state, or its political subdivisions, for the relief of the poor, or the admission of them or their lawful dependents to such institution or agency as may be provided for mental or physical disability or otherwise.
Disbursements of helpers shall be paid, on the approval of the overseer, by the governing body or district welfare board. Helpers shall be registered on appointment at the office of the overseer, and shall be furnished and supplied with such evidence of their appointment and authority as the overseer, with the approval of the governing body, shall determine.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-86 - Determination by director of relief to be granted

44:1-86. Determination by director of relief to be granted
44:1-86. The director of welfare in the municipality shall determine who are to be relieved by him, subject to an application by any person, on at least five days' notice, to the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, by complaint, in writing, applying for a summary review and determination by the court of the action of the director as to the extent and amount of relief, if any, to be rendered.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.4; 1991,c.91,s.424.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-87 - Inquiry into application for relief

44:1-87. Inquiry into application for relief
When a person shall apply for relief for himself or another to an overseer or deputy, the overseer shall inquire into the facts, conditions and circumstances of the case, and also into the matter of the person's settlement if it shall appear that the person is unable to earn a livelihood by his own labor and is a poor person and requires temporary or permanent relief.
The overseer shall also ascertain the direct or indirect causes of poverty, and whether or not the person requiring permanent relief is without adequate home or without children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, or husband who are by law required and able to maintain him and other persons who are willing to do so.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-88 - Granting of relief

44:1-88. Granting of relief
Upon inquiry as provided in section 44:1-87 of this title the overseer shall by a written order render such aid and material relief as he may in his discretion deem necessary to the end that the person may not suffer unnecessarily from cold or hunger, or be deprived of shelter. If the poor person requires permanent relief and support and is without adequate home, he shall, subject to various other provisions of this chapter, be committed and removed to the proper almshouse or welfare-house in the municipality, county or district.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-89 - Permanent relief in absence of almshouse or welfare-house

44:1-89. Permanent relief in absence of almshouse or welfare-house
The overseer in any municipality in which there is no almshouse may provide for the permanent relief and support of poor persons as in his discretion the circumstances may require, or contract, with the approval of his governing body, for the support of such persons in the almshouse of another municipality of the same county, if there shall not be a county almshouse or county or district welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-90 - Contents of relief order or commitment

44:1-90. Contents of relief order or commitment
Where a person is removed to the almshouse or welfare-house or receives permanent relief by the order of the overseer or his deputy, the order and commitment shall state the name, age, sex, nativity, place of settlement, names of children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents or other relatives, and their places of residence, and the causes making such removal or relief necessary or advisable.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-91 - Removal of permanent poor to almshouses or welfare-houses

44:1-91. Removal of permanent poor to almshouses or welfare-houses
Overseers shall from time to time as persons who are poor persons within the meaning of this chapter become permanent charges upon their municipalities as paupers, have such persons removed to the proper almshouse or welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-92 - Length of stay of poor persons in institutions

44:1-92. Length of stay of poor persons in institutions
A poor person or child who is committed or removed to an almshouse or welfare-house by an overseer shall be received by the supervisor or superintendent, and be supported and relieved therein until in the case of a person not a minor it shall appear that the person is no longer a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, when in the discretion of the supervisor or superintendent the person so removed may be discharged, and immediately thereafter a written notice of such removal or discharge shall be sent to the overseer or superintendent on whose order the person was received into the almshouse or welfare-house, stating the reason for such removal or discharge and the name of the person, society or board, if any, into whose care or custody the person has been discharged.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-93 - Use of all agencies for relief

44:1-93. Use of all agencies for relief
All agencies for relief, such as widows' pensions as provided by law, aid under the authority of the rehabilitation commission and public employment service, or other aids to relief, support or assistance, public or private, shall be made use of by overseers and their subordinates and helpers to the end that causes of dependency on the part of persons or their families and the need for such public relief in whole or in part may be eliminated, and such subordinates and helpers are authorized under direction of the overseer or deputy to take such legal steps, either as prosecutors or petitioners in legal proceedings in aid of such persons or their families as may be necessary to such end.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-94 - Obtaining employment for poor persons and families

44:1-94. Obtaining employment for poor persons and families
When an application for relief is made to the overseer or deputy of a municipality or superintendent acting when there is no overseer, in behalf of a person who claims to be poor and in distress, and when the person or a member of his family appears to be in good health and capable of earning a livelihood sufficient for the total or partial support of the poor person, the overseer or superintendent shall make every possible effort to secure employment for the person and any or all other members of the same family and shall use to that end the services of such helpers as may be appointed in his jurisdiction to aid in accomplishing that purpose and in maintaining supervision over the poor person and in having contact with his employers for the purpose not only of obtaining employment but of continuing it if possible, and the factors if any interfering in the obtaining or continuation of such or any employment shall be ascertained and remedied if possible.
To this end all public employment agencies or rehabilitation bureaus, or any other agencies, public, private or charitable, may be made use of, and the expense thereof, not properly an expense of any such agency shall in the discretion of the overseer or superintendent be chargeable in whole or in part to the municipality, county or joint district.
Persons for whom proper employment is found who shall willfully neglect to work or labor and become, or continue, chargeable to a municipality, county or part thereof or district, by reason of such neglect, and persons chargeable by law for the support of a poor person who shall neglect to perform reasonable work or labor, shall be proceeded against by the overseer or superintendent.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-95 - Expenses recoverable, procedure

44:1-95. Expenses recoverable, procedure
44:1-95. If it is ascertained at any time that a person who has been assisted by or has received support from a municipality or county has real or personal property over and above that necessary for his maintenance in whole or in part, if such poor person is maintained by the municipality or county at home, or over and above that sufficient for his family, or if any such person shall die, leaving real or personal property, an action may be maintained in the Superior Court by the director of welfare of the municipality who has furnished or provided such assistance or support, or any part thereof, against such person or his estate, to recover the sums of money which have been expended by the municipality or county in the assistance and support of the person during the period for which support was furnished. If a person shall die having received relief or maintenance as a poor person and having insurance upon his life, the proceeds of the insurance after payment of the expense of the last illness and the funeral expenses of the person, if the terms of the policy so permit, shall be first applied to the reimbursement of the county, municipality or district for the cost of the support and maintenance of the person. But no action shall lie, nor shall any appropriation of insurance be made against an estate when it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the court that the proceeds thereof, or the estate, are needed to prevent the widow or minor children of the poor person from becoming dependent upon the public.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.5; 1991,c.91,s.425.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-97 - Record as to every applicant for relief

44:1-97. Record as to every applicant for relief
Overseers shall in respect to all applicants for relief keep a record which may be by card index and which shall state:
a. The name, age, sex and residence;
b. The number and names of children and their ages;
c. The time and place of last employment and the family income;
d. Whether citizen or alien and the place of nativity;
e. The place of abode for the ten years preceding the application for relief;
f. The cause direct and indirect which has operated to make relief necessary so far as can be ascertained;
g. The relief or aid given, and such relief as may have been or is being provided by all organizations as ascertained;
h. The name of the overseer or deputy and helper having particular knowledge and charge of the case, and of witnesses of the fact with their addresses; and
i. The name of those responsible by law for the support of the poor person and the name of any relative agreeing or likely to agree to contribute in whole or in part to, or assist in, the support of the poor person.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-98 - Filing of record on admission to institution

44:1-98. Filing of record on admission to institution
In case of the commitment or admission of a poor person or a member of his family, through the agency of the overseer, or his assistants, to an almshouse, welfare-house or other institution or family, the overseer shall file a copy of the record provided for in section 44:1-97 of this title, or a record of the admission or commitment, with the commissioner at his office at Trenton, and in the case of an infant, a record thereof shall be, within the same time, filed with the state board of children's guardians at its office. Such filing within the time limited may be by registered mail.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-99 - Books relative to money received and orders for relief

44:1-99. Books relative to money received and orders for relief
Overseers and deputies shall keep a book setting forth therein all moneys, goods and materials received by them, when and by whom received, and to whom paid out and delivered and, in addition thereto, a separate book of orders for relief, with stubs attached. The printed order and stubs shall show the name, residence, when issued, the amount and kind of relief expended, and by whom issued and delivered. The order shall be indorsed by the recipient and the person furnishing such relief as made.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-100 - Materials, stationery and forms of records

44:1-100. Materials, stationery and forms of records
The governing body or bodies shall furnish to the overseer and his deputies the necessary material, card indexes and other stationery for the purpose of this chapter, at the expense of the municipality. All forms of records for the use of the overseer shall be such as are approved and prescribed by the commissioner.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-101 - Annual reports by overseers

44:1-101. Annual reports by overseers
Overseers shall, annually, make to their county, municipal governing bodies, or district board, as the case may be, within thirty days after the first meeting thereof in the year, a report or reports, in writing, which shall be a summary of the entries of the records mentioned and authorized in this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-102 - Place of settlement in general

44:1-102. Place of settlement in general
Every person of full age who is a resident of, and domiciled without interruption in, a municipality for five years, or in a county for five years but not in a municipality thereof, excluding in the computation of the period the time if any spent by the person in a charitable or correctional institution, shall be deemed settled respectively in that municipality or county and shall so remain until he has:
a. Gained a like settlement in some other municipality or county in this state;
b. Gained a legal settlement elsewhere in this state; or
c. Removed from this state and remained therefrom continuously for one year, in which case the person shall not retain his settlement in a county or municipality in this state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-103 - Married woman and children

44:1-103. Married woman and children
A married woman and her children shall always follow and have the settlement of her husband and of their father. If he has no such settlement, her settlement shall be as it was at the time of her becoming a resident and a domiciliary of the municipality or county wherein relief is sought, if she has not, in lieu thereof, gained a settlement as is provided in section 44:1-102 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-105 - Illegitimate minor children

44:1-105. Illegitimate minor children
Illegitimate minor children shall follow and have the settlement of their mother, unless the father is legally found or admitted by him to be such at the time and place of their birth, in which case they shall follow and have the father's settlement. If neither parent has a settlement, then it shall be in the municipality or county in which the minor child was born, if the birth occurred in this state.
Such minor children born in charitable or correctional institutions, or while the mother is legally an inmate thereof, whether on parole or leave of absence, shall be chargeable to the place of the settlement of the mother or father or from which they were admitted or committed, rather than to the place where that institution is located.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-107 - Persons from outside of United States

44:1-107. Persons from outside of United States
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to or affect a person from outside the United States of America, or in any way change the rights or liabilities of such persons as conferred or imposed by any law of the United States, nor the right otherwise conferred by law to deport or remove such persons to any other state wherein the person still retains, or may have acquired, a settlement according to the laws of any state or country, and in all such cases no settlement shall be deemed to have been acquired within this state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-108 - Granting permanent relief where required of county of settlement

44:1-108. Granting permanent relief where required of county of settlement
Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in a municipality in which he has gained a residence and is an inhabitant, and of a county in which he has gained a settlement, the overseer shall proceed to commit and remove the person to an almshouse or welfare-house, except as otherwise provided in this chapter for partial relief in a home or otherwise.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-109 - Granting permanent relief in absence of county almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house

44:1-109. Granting permanent relief in absence of county almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house
Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in a municipality in a county in which he has gained a settlement and of a county in which there is no almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house, the overseer shall:
a. Commit and remove the person to the municipal almshouse;
b. Furnish relief at home as provided in this chapter if the circumstances render that course legal and preferable; or
c. Commit and remove the person to such other municipal almshouse in the county as may by contract provide such relief.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-110 - County chargeable for permanent relief where settlement is therein

44:1-110. County chargeable for permanent relief where settlement is therein
A person who has a settlement in a county but not in a municipality thereof shall be chargeable as to permanent relief to the entire county and be supported, maintained or relieved thereby, and the governing body of the county shall provide for the payment of the expense thereof as other county expenses are paid.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-111 - Permanent relief where settlement is in county having no provision therefor

44:1-111. Permanent relief where settlement is in county having no provision therefor
Where a poor person requiring permanent relief in a municipality has not gained a settlement therein but has gained a settlement in the county in which the municipality is situated, in which county there is no county almshouse or welfare-house and no provision for permanent relief, the overseer shall, by a written order, commit and remove the poor person to a municipal almshouse in the county after which notice shall be served upon the board of chosen freeholders of the county which shall thereupon proceed to provide for the support and maintenance of the poor person as a county charge, the expense of which shall be borne by the entire county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-112 - Permanent relief in municipality or county other than that of settlement

44:1-112. Permanent relief in municipality or county other than that of settlement
Where a poor person who requires permanent relief in a municipality in which he is a resident or inhabitant, has a settlement in a municipality or county other than the one in which relief is sought, the overseer shall temporarily relieve the person and proceed to remove him to his place of settlement as directed in sections 44:1-117 to 44:1-127 of this title. Until the place of settlement is ascertained the overseer in his discretion may maintain and relieve the person in the same manner as other permanent poor having a settlement there.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-113 - Permanent relief forbidden to persons without settlement and otherwise removable

44:1-113. Permanent relief forbidden to persons without settlement and otherwise removable
Permanent relief shall not be rendered by an overseer to a person who is otherwise lawfully removable and who has no settlement in the municipality or county in which relief is sought or necessary. Such persons shall be temporarily provided for or admitted to an almshouse or welfare-house pending removal and shall be removed by such procedure as may be lawfully necessary by the overseer as provided in this chapter, or as otherwise provided by law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-114 - Procedure where relief required by person having no settlement anywhere

44:1-114. Procedure where relief required by person having no settlement anywhere
Where a poor person who requires relief in a municipality or county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, has not gained a settlement in any municipality or county within this state, or in any other state, the overseer shall provide relief. If it is ascertained that the poor person has no legal settlement in the municipality, the overseer shall proceed to remove him to the place from which he came by whatever lawful proceedings may be necessary to that end with the aid of the officers as provided in this chapter, and the expense of his removal shall be borne by the municipality from which he is removed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-115 - Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is elsewhere in state

44:1-115. Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is elsewhere in state
Where a poor person who requires temporary relief in a municipality in which he is a resident and inhabitant, has a settlement in some other county in this state, the overseer shall provide and render temporary relief pending removal.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-116 - Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is outside of state

44:1-116. Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is outside of state
Where temporary relief is required by a poor person in a municipality or county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, and it is ascertained that his place of settlement is outside this state, the overseer shall provide relief and immediately make such application, with the aid of the county adjuster, as may be necessary and otherwise lawful for his removal. A record thereof shall be filed with the commissioner and his aid obtained for such purpose when necessary, which aid the commissioner shall give forthwith.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-117 - Duties of overseer

44:1-117. Duties of overseer
The removal of poor persons to their place of settlement or to the place where they became poor before being found or becoming domiciled in the place from which they are to be removed, shall, when the removal is to another place in the same county, and in all other cases where there is no superintendent or county adjuster to act as provided in this chapter, be accomplished by action of the overseer where the person is found or resides.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-118 - Duties of county adjuster

44:1-118. Duties of county adjuster
The county adjuster shall on the application of an overseer forthwith take the steps necessary to the removal of a poor person to another state, or to another county within this state, by negotiating with the proper authority in the other state or county through the commissioner for the reception of the poor person who may be properly removable to a place in that state or county, and shall perform that function for all overseers in the county, and all overseers in a county shall take the steps necessary to such removal by means of the aid and authority of the county adjuster.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-119 - Written notice of removal

44:1-119. Written notice of removal
When the removal of a poor person from the place of his domicile or where he is found to the place of his settlement is lawful and necessary, it shall be inaugurated by means of a written notice signed by such official to the officer having jurisdiction in the place to which the person is to be removed, if the removal is to be to a municipality in the county; if otherwise, then the county adjuster shall act for the overseer forthwith on the application of or notice from the overseer, except as otherwise provided by law, that on a day certain not less than ten nor more than twelve days after the date and mailing of the notice an order will be made by the removing overseer, or, if the removal is outside the county, by the county adjuster, that the poor person be removed to the place of his settlement, stating the reasons therefor, the place of his settlement or the place where he became poor prior to his becoming an inhabitant of the municipality from whence he is to be removed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-120 - Removal in absence of contest

44:1-120. Removal in absence of contest
On the day named in the notice the order for removal shall be made by the overseer of the poor of the municipality from which the poor person is to be removed, or by the county adjuster as the case may be, and the poor person shall forthwith be removed to the place indicated in the notice upon the making of an order that the poor person has no settlement in the municipality, county or district in which he is a resident or is found, and has a settlement or became poor in the other municipality or county prior to his becoming a resident and inhabitant or being found in the municipality from which he is to be removed, unless within ten days after the mailing of the written notice the overseer to whom it was mailed shall proceed to contest the allegation of the settlement of the poor person or of the right to remove him to that municipality or county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-121 - Contest; how made

44:1-121. Contest; how made
44:1-121. The contest shall be made by notice to the officer giving the original notice, of a time and place when the contesting director of welfare will apply to the Superior Court in the county in which the poor person may be and from which he is to be removed, and the court shall hear and determine the controversy. The hearing shall be not less than ten nor more than thirty days from the time of giving the original notice.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.6; 1991,c.91,s.426.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-122 - Failure to resist removal, review

44:1-122. Failure to resist removal, review
44:1-122. On failure to resist the removal the receiving director of welfare may not decline to receive the poor person but shall receive him and provide such relief as is lawful; except that for good cause shown for the failure to contest the removal the receiving director may, within thirty days after the receipt of the poor person in the municipality, apply to the Superior Court in the county from whence the person was removed to review the proceeding and make such revised order and disposition for the care and relief of the poor person and his removal, if lawful, as may be proper and necessary.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.7; 1991,c.91,s.427.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-123 - Liability of municipality, recovery

44:1-123. Liability of municipality, recovery
44:1-123. If a director of welfare of a municipality shall neglect to receive or remove a poor person as provided in this chapter after the determination of the matter by the Superior Court having jurisdiction, the municipality where the neglect occurs shall be liable for the expense of the support and relief of the poor person. The expense shall be recoverable from time to time with costs of suit by the director of welfare incurring the cost of relief and support in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the municipality against the municipality liable therefor.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.8; 1991,c.91,s.428.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-124 - Bringing poor person into municipality or county unlawfully; misdemeanor

44:1-124. Bringing poor person into municipality or county unlawfully; misdemeanor
A person who shall send, bring, remove or entice to remove, or cause to be sent, brought or enticed, a poor person into a municipality or county from any other municipality or county within this state without first having obtained the consent of the overseer of the municipality or the superintendent if there is no overseer appointed and qualified therein, or the county welfare board of the county, as the case may be, or from any other state into any municipality or county within this state without first having obtained the consent of the commissioner and furnishing suitable bond, and there leave or attempt to leave the person without first having obtained that consent, in order that the support or maintenance of the poor person upon the municipality or county may be avoided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the poor person shall not gain a legal settlement thereby and shall be returned from whence he came in the manner provided by law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-125 - Suspension of sentence or fine upon certain conditions

44:1-125. Suspension of sentence or fine upon certain conditions
A sentence or fine imposed under the provisions of section 44:1-124 of this title may be suspended before or after conviction upon condition that the offender will convey the poor person to the place where he has a settlement or where he became poor without this state and from which he was sent, brought, removed or enticed, or that the offender will at his own expense support the poor person, which removal or support by the offender shall be secured by a bond to the overseer, superintendent or county welfare board as the case may be with sufficient surety satisfactory to the court conditioned upon the making of the removal as provided in this section or the making by the offender with the overseer, superintendent or director of welfare of the county welfare board as the case may be, of proper provisions for the relief and support of the poor person.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-126 - Transportation of nonresident, approval required.

44:1-126 Transportation of nonresident, approval required.
44:1-126. No person shall furnish a non-resident who is sick, elderly, injured, or who has a physical disability, with transportation at the cost of the municipality until the municipal welfare director has ascertained the legal residence of the person applying. Transportation furnished to a person shall be to the person's legal residence unless it shall appear that the person has some valid claim for support or some means of support in some other place to which the person shall ask to be sent.
Amended 2017, c.131, s.178.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-127 - Enabling nonresident poor to earn funds to return home

44:1-127. Enabling nonresident poor to earn funds to return home
When a person not being in the place in which he usually lives, or has his home, shall apply to an overseer of the poor or superintendent or director of welfare of a municipality, county or district, stating that he is desirous of returning to his home but is poor and has not the means to do so, that officer may employ or let out the poor person to labor at some suitable place to be selected by the officer and at wages which shall seem to him just.
When in the opinion of the officer the poor person has earned a sufficient sum, the officer shall, with the money so earned, and such additions thereto, not exceeding twenty dollars, from the treasury of the municipality, county or district as he may think reasonable, cause the person to be returned to his home whether in this state or elsewhere.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-128 - When relief may be provided in home

44:1-128. When relief may be provided in home
When adult poor persons own the property in whole or in part where they reside, or are receiving shelter in some other suitable home or habitation, and it is possible to maintain them in such homes more adequately and profitably within the intent of this chapter, the overseer, or superintendent when acting in place of the overseer may, as provided in section 44:1-129 of this title, apply for such relief in lieu of committing or placing them in an almshouse or welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-129 - Petition for relief

44:1-129. Petition for relief
44:1-129. The director of welfare of a municipality shall by petition to the Superior Court, setting forth the necessary facts, apply for the person's relief in that manner, whereupon the court shall fix a date for hearing the petition within not less than ten days from the filing of the petition.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.9; 1991,c.91,s.429.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-130 - Summary hearing; order for home relief

44:1-130. Summary hearing; order for home relief
The court shall proceed in a summary manner to examine into the facts, and, upon being satisfied that permanent relief should be furnished to the poor person in the home, shall, in its discretion, order a fixed sum not exceeding the rate of two hundred dollars per annum for the poor person's maintenance and support in the home for a period of six months from the date of the order.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-131 - Continuance of relief

44:1-131. Continuance of relief
At the expiration of the six months' period for which relief is ordered, and every succeeding such period of time thereafter, the overseer may, if further relief is necessary in the case, apply to the court for an order directing the continuance of the relief for a like period, and that relief shall be payable upon the further order of the court.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-133 - Payment of home relief

44:1-133. Payment of home relief
The sum ordered to be paid for the maintenance and support of a poor person in the home as provided in this article shall be a charge against the municipality, county or district in which the poor person has a settlement, and shall be payable monthly upon the application of the overseer or the superintendent out of the funds from which other expenses of relief and settlement of the permanent poor are paid. The sum shall be for use only for the care and maintenance of the person for whom such relief has been ordered.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-134 - Notice to board of children's guardians of commitment of minor to almshouse

44:1-134. Notice to board of children's guardians of commitment of minor to almshouse
The supervisor or superintendent of an almshouse or welfare-house shall within twenty-four hours of the commitment of a minor child under the age of eighteen years to the almshouse or welfare-house, notify the state board of children's guardians of that commitment.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-136 - Temporary commitment of poor minor by overseer to institution or home

44:1-136. Temporary commitment of poor minor by overseer to institution or home
The overseer of the poor shall upon application for permanent relief, if granted, commit a minor poor child who has gained a legal settlement within the meaning of this chapter to the almshouse or welfare-house or other public institution for the care of children or in 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 it or its family to the care of the state board of children's guardians as provided by law in this chapter and otherwise.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-137 - Expense of temporary commitment

44:1-137. Expense of temporary commitment
A poor child temporarily committed by the overseer as provided in section 44:1-136 of this title shall, during such commitment and until the making by the court of an adjudication or order as provided by law in this article or otherwise, remain a charge against the municipality of the overseer's jurisdiction, to be paid for by the overseer from the funds at his disposal.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-138 - Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children's guardians

44:1-138. Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children's guardians
Within twenty-four hours of such placement the overseer shall give a written notice thereof to the state board of children's guardians and the board of chosen freeholders of the county wherein the child has a settlement or resides. 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 legally liable for its care, date of placement, past and present address or place of abode, the length of time the family has received relief from the municipality or district, and such information as the overseer has been able to ascertain.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-140 - Relatives chargeable

44:1-140. 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 or municipal 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 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. 1, eff. Feb. 19, 1969; L.1975, c. 1, s. 1, eff. Jan. 14, 1975; L.1979, c. 401, s. 1, eff. Feb. 8, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-141 - Compelling support by relatives

44:1-141. Compelling support by relatives
44:1-141. If any of the relatives mentioned in section 44:1-140 of this Title shall fail to perform the order or directions of the director of welfare of a municipality with regard to the support of the poor person, or if the poor person is supported at public expense, the Superior Court in the county wherein the poor person has a legal settlement, or the municipal court of the municipality wherein the person has a legal settlement, upon the complaint of the director of welfare or two residents of the municipality or county may summon the persons chargeable before it as in other actions, summon witnesses, and adjudge that the able relatives pay such sum for each poor person as the circumstances may require in the discretion of the court, and as will maintain him or them and relieve the public of that burden. 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 aforementioned Superior Court or municipal 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 court which issued said order for the revocation or reduction of said order in accordance with the terms of this proviso. Violation of any such order shall constitute a contempt of court.
The county through its governing body may also bring appropriate action in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover any money due for the relief, support and maintenance of a poor person against a person chargeable by law therefor.
Amended 1940,c.55; 1953,c.42,s.10; 1991,c.91,s.430.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-142 - Contracts between overseers and relatives or others

44:1-142. Contracts between overseers and relatives or others
An overseer or his deputies may contract with 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, whereby such relatives in consideration of the support and maintenance of the poor person may undertake and obligate themselves to that end, or induce such aid and support as may be possible.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-143 - Compelling support by husband or wife

44:1-143. Compelling support by husband or wife
44:1-143. 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 a municipality may apply to the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part; and the 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 the matter as shall be just, and enforce such orders and judgments.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.11; 1991,c.91,s.431.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-144 - Sequestration of estate

44:1-144. Sequestration of estate
44:1-144. 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 44:1-143 of this Title;
b. Appoint the director of welfare of a municipality 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.12; 1991,c.91,s.432.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-146 - Recovery of expenses of support

44:1-146. Recovery of expenses of support
44:1-146. The director of welfare of a municipality may bring a civil action from time to time in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part for the amount necessary to pay any expense incurred or unpaid. Upon recovery of judgment and the sale of any real or personal property of the defendant, the proceeds therefrom shall as in other civil actions be paid to the director and be applied by him to the support and maintenance of the deserted persons, or to the reimbursement of the municipality, county or board to the extent of the expenditures made by it for that support and maintenance.
The sum realized on execution sale and not immediately used shall be kept by the director 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. Surplus proceeds not expended for that purpose shall be the property of and payable to the defendant.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.14; 1991,c.91,s.433.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-147 - Willful deserter as disorderly person; punishment

44:1-147. 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 60 days in the discretion of the court; provided, however, that the judge of any such court may order and direct that the sentence of imprisonment be served periodically, instead of consecutively, during periods of time between Friday at 6 P.M. and Monday at 8 A.M. or at other times or on other days, whenever he in his discretion determines the existence of proper circumstances and that the ends of justice will be served thereby. For the purposes of this act the person so committed shall be given credit for each day or fraction of a day to the nearest hour actually served.
Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 780, s. 15, eff. March 19, 1953; L.1969, c. 149, s. 1, eff. Aug. 4, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-148 - Complaint by director of welfare

44:1-148. 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, municipality or joint county district, he shall make complaint before a court having jurisdiction in the municipality, county or district where the persons reside or in the place where the father, husband or child resides.
Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 780, s. 16, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-152 - Visitation of sick poor by official physicians and nurses

44:1-152. Visitation of sick poor by official physicians and nurses
When a physician or nurse who is employed by the governing body of a municipality in this state is called upon or notified by the overseer of the poor of the municipality 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-153 - Further medical or other relief

44:1-153. Further medical or other relief
If in the judgment of the physician or nurse the person visited and aided is a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, the physician or nurse shall report the fact in writing to the overseer of the poor of the municipality who may grant such further medical, surgical or other relief to the poor person as the circumstances may require or as the overseer may deem necessary.