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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-62 - Persons from outside of United States

44:4-62. Persons from outside of United States
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to or affect any 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 such 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 44:4-63 - Permanent relief in place of settlement

44:4-63. Permanent relief in place of settlement
Where permanent relief is required by any poor person in a county in which he has gained a settlement the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall commit and remove such person to the welfare-house in its jurisdiction, if there is such, or the welfare-house of another county wherein the permanent poor of the county are maintained by contract as provided in this chapter, or furnish relief at home, if the circumstances as otherwise herein provided may be lawful and preferable.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-64 - Permanent relief in county other than that of settlement

44:4-64. Permanent relief in county other than that of settlement
Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in any county in which he is a resident or an inhabitant, whose place of settlement is in another county than the one in which relief is sought, the director of welfare, under the direction of the county welfare board, shall temporarily relieve such poor person and proceed to remove him to the place of such settlement as directed in sections 44:4-74 to 44:4-78 of this title, and until such other place of settlement is ascertained the director of welfare, under the direction of the county welfare board, may place such poor person as other permanent poor having a settlement in such county are maintained and relieved.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-65 - Temporary provision for persons having no settlement in county

44:4-65. Temporary provision for persons having no settlement in county
Permanent relief shall not be rendered by any county welfare board to any person who is otherwise lawfully removable and who has no settlement in the county in which relief is sought or necessary, but all such persons shall be temporarily provided for or admitted to the county welfare-house pending such removal, and shall be removed by such procedure as may be lawfully necessary by the director of welfare, as provided in this chapter, or as otherwise may be provided by law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-66 - Procedure where relief sought by person having no settlement anywhere

44:4-66. Procedure where relief sought by person having no settlement anywhere
Where relief is required by a poor person in any county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, who shall not have gained a settlement in any county within this state, or in any other state, the director of welfare, under the direction of the county welfare board, shall provide relief.
If it is ascertained that the person has no legal settlement in the county, the director of welfare shall proceed to remove the person 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-67 - Temporary relief in county other than that of settlement

44:4-67. Temporary relief in county other than that of settlement
When temporary relief is required by a poor person in any county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, whose place of settlement is in some other county in this state, the director of welfare shall provide and render temporary relief pending removal.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-68 - Temporary relief by person having settlement outside of state

44:4-68. Temporary relief by person having settlement outside of state
Where temporary relief is required by a poor person in a county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, and it is ascertained that his place of settlement is outside of this state, the director of welfare 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 44:4-69 - County chargeable with relief of all persons having settlement

44:4-69. County chargeable with relief of all persons having settlement
Every person who has, or shall acquire a settlement in any county shall be chargeable as to permanent relief and be supported and maintained or relieved by such entire county, and the board of chosen freeholders shall provide for the payment of the expense thereof as other county expenses are paid.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-70 - Settlement; determination; effect of temporary removal

44:4-70. Settlement; determination; effect of temporary removal
Every person of full age who shall be a resident of and domiciled without interruption in any municipality of a county wherein this chapter has been adopted by referendum, for five years, excluding in the computation of such period the time if any spent by such person in any charitable or correctional institution, shall be deemed settled in such municipality and shall so remain until he shall have gained a like settlement in some other municipality or county in this state, or shall have removed from this state and remained therefrom continuously for one year, or shall have gained a legal settlement elsewhere in this state.
If such person shall have removed from this state for more than one year, he shall not retain his settlement in any municipality or county in this state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-71 - Temporary relief for person having legal settlement elsewhere

44:4-71. Temporary relief for person having legal settlement elsewhere
Where temporary relief is required by a poor person in a municipality in which he is a resident and inhabitant, in which municipality he has not gained a settlement, but shall have gained a settlement in some other municipality in the same county than the one in which relief is sought, the county director of welfare shall temporarily relieve such poor person and proceed to remove him to the place of such settlement in the municipality within the same county where his place of settlement is.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-72 - Removal of poor person to place of legal settlement; procedure

44:4-72. Removal of poor person to place of legal settlement; procedure
44:4-72. When the removal of a poor person from the place of his domicile or where he is found to the place of his settlement in the same county is lawful and necessary, it shall be made by means of a written notice signed by the director of welfare of the county to the governing body having jurisdiction in the place to which such person is to be removed, 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 director of welfare 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.
On the day named in the notice, the order for removal shall be made by the director of welfare of the county, and thereafter the poor person shall forthwith be removed by the director of welfare to the place indicated in the notice upon the making of an order that the poor person has no settlement in the municipality in which he is a resident or is found, and has a settlement or became poor in the other municipality in the same county prior to his becoming a resident and inhabitant or being found in the municipality from whence he is to be removed, unless within ten days after the mailing of the written notice the governing body to whom it shall have been mailed shall proceed to contest the allegation of the settlement of the poor person or of the right to remove him to the municipality in which it has jurisdiction.
The contest shall be made by notice to the director of welfare giving the original notice, fixing a time and place when the governing body shall apply to the Superior Court, when and where the court shall hear and determine the controversy, which time and place shall not be less than ten or more than thirty days from the time of giving the original notice thereof.
On failure to resist the removal by the receiving municipality the receiving municipality may not contest receiving the poor person, and he shall be removed by the county welfare director at the cost and expense of the municipality from which he is removed, out of the appropriation made by the municipality for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor of the municipality, but for good cause shown for the failure to contest the removal the receiving municipality may, within thirty days after the receipt of the poor person in its municipality, apply to the Superior Court to review the proceeding and to 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 1991,c.91,s.435.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-73 - Duties of director of welfare and county adjuster

44:4-73. Duties of director of welfare and county adjuster
The director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board in any county shall take the necessary steps looking to the removal of any poor person from this state, or to another county in this state, through and by means of the aid and authority of the county adjuster.
The county adjuster shall on the application of any director of welfare, forthwith take the steps necessary to the removal of any poor person from this state, or to another county, 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 any place in that state or county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-74 - Written notice of removal

44:4-74. 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 made by means of a written notice signed by the removing official to the officer having jurisdiction in the place to which the person is to be removed, 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 director of welfare, 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 county or municipality therein from whence he is to be removed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-75 - Removal in absence of contest

44:4-75. Removal in absence of contest
On the day named in the notice, the order for removal shall be made by the removing director of welfare, and the poor person shall forthwith be removed to the place indicated in the notice upon the making of an order that he has no settlement in the county in which he is a resident or is found, and has a settlement or became poor in the other county or municipality therein prior to his becoming a resident and inhabitant or being found in the county from whence he is to be removed, unless within ten days after the mailing of the written notice the director of welfare of the county welfare board or overseer or county adjuster as the case may be to whom it has been mailed shall proceed to contest the allegation of the settlement of the poor person or of the right to remove him to such county or municipality.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-76 - Contest; how made

44:4-76. Contest; how made
44:4-76. Such contest shall be made by notice to the officer giving the original notice, fixing a time and place when the contesting county welfare board, through the director of welfare, or the overseer or county adjuster as the case may be will apply to the Superior Court when and where the court shall hear and determine the controversy, which time and place shall not be less than ten or more than thirty days from the time of giving the original notice.
Amended 1991,c.91,s.436.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-77 - Failure to resist removal; review when failure explained

44:4-77. Failure to resist removal; review when failure explained
On failure to resist such removal the receiving county welfare board or overseer or county adjuster, as the case may be, 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 county welfare board or overseer or county adjuster, as the case may be, may, within thirty days after the receipt of the poor person in its county, apply to the court of common pleas of 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-78 - Liability of county or municipality failing to receive or remove poor person

44:4-78. Liability of county or municipality failing to receive or remove poor person
44:4-78. If any director of welfare under direction of the county welfare board or any overseer or county adjuster as the case may be shall neglect to receive or remove a poor person, as provided in this chapter, after the determination of the matter by any court having jurisdiction, the county or municipality as the case may be 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, by the county welfare board or overseer incurring the cost of the relief and support, in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the county or municipality as the case may be against the county or municipality liable therefor.
The director of welfare or the overseer or county adjuster whose duty it was to receive or remove the poor person, shall be served with notice of the action in the manner in which any summons is required to be served.
Amended 1991,c.91,s.437.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-79 - Bringing poor person into county unlawfully; misdemeanor

44:4-79. Bringing poor person into county unlawfully; misdemeanor
A person who shall send, bring, remove or entice to remove, or cause to be sent, brought or enticed, any poor person into a county from any other county within this state without first having obtained the consent of the county welfare board of the county, or from any other state into any 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 person upon the 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 44:4-80 - Suspension of sentence or fine upon certain conditions

44:4-80. Suspension of sentence or fine upon certain conditions
A sentence or fine imposed under the provisions of section 44:4-79 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 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 county welfare board 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 director of welfare of proper provisions for the relief and support of the poor person.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-81 - Furnishing transportation to nonresidents.

44:4-81 Furnishing transportation to nonresidents.
44:4-81. No person shall furnish a nonresident who is sick, elderly, injured, or who has a physical disability, with transportation at the cost of the county until the director of welfare of the county has ascertained the legal residence of the person applying. Any transportation furnished to such 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.179.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-82 - Inquiry into case by director

44:4-82. Inquiry into case by director
When a person shall apply for relief for himself or another to a county welfare board, the director of welfare, under the direction of the board, shall inquire into the facts, conditions and circumstances of the case, and also into the matter of such person's settlement if it shall appear that such person is unable to earn a livelihood by his own labor and is a poor person and requires temporary or permanent relief.
The director shall also ascertain the direct or indirect causes of poverty, and whether or not a 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 44:4-83 - Rendition of aid

44:4-83. Rendition of aid
The director of welfare, by a written order, shall render such aid and material relief as he may in his discretion, subject to the approval of the county welfare board, deem necessary to the end that such person may not suffer unnecessarily from cold or hunger, or be deprived of shelter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-84 - Temporary relief in suitable home

44:4-84. Temporary relief in suitable home
If any such poor person is receiving shelter in some suitable home or habitation, and it is possible to maintain him as adequately and profitably therein as in an almshouse or welfare-house, temporary relief may be granted and furnished by the director of welfare subject to the approval of the welfare board having charge of the administration of relief by such director of welfare to such poor person in such home or habitation, otherwise, he shall be committed and removed to the proper welfare-house in the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-85 - Relief order and commitment; contents

44:4-85. Relief order and commitment; contents
In all cases where a person is removed to the welfare-house or receives permanent relief by the order of the county welfare board, such order and commitment shall state the name, age, sex, nativity, place of settlement, names of children, grandchildren, parents or grandparents, or relatives and their place of residence, and the cause or causes of making such removal or relief necessary or advisable of every poor person so relieved, removed or committed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-86 - Investigation and supervision by welfare board

44:4-86. Investigation and supervision by welfare board
The county welfare board shall:
a. Investigate every application for relief;
b. Supervise by periodic visitation every person receiving such relief;
c. Devise ways and means for bringing persons unable to maintain themselves to self-support; and
d. Keep full and complete records of such investigation, supervision, relief and rehabilitation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-87 - Obtaining employment for poor persons and families

44:4-87. Obtaining employment for poor persons and families
When an application for relief is made to the county welfare board in behalf of any person who claims or alleges to be poor and in distress, and 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 director of welfare shall make every possible effort to secure employment for the person and any or all other members of the same family, and shall to that end use 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 other agencies, public, private or charitable, may be made use of by the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board.
Persons for whom proper employment is found who shall willfully neglect to work or labor and become, or continue, chargeable to any county by reason of such failure or neglect, and persons chargeable by law with the support of a poor person who shall neglect to perform reasonable work or labor, shall be proceeded against by the director of welfare.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-88 - Length of stay of poor person in welfare-house

44:4-88. Length of stay of poor person in welfare-house
Any poor person or child who is committed or removed to a welfare-house shall be received by the director of welfare, and be supported and relieved therein until in the case of a person not a minor it shall appear that such person is no longer a poor person within the meaning of this chapter when in the discretion of the county welfare board such person so removed may be discharged.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-89 - Classification and care of inmates of welfare-houses

44:4-89. Classification and care of inmates of welfare-houses
In the management of welfare-houses the inmates shall be classified according to age, condition of health and ability to perform manual labor. Some form of employment shall be provided for such of the inmates as are able to work.
Amended by L.1977, c. 63, s. 23, eff. April 15, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-90 - Separation of sexes; exception

44:4-90. Separation of sexes; exception
In welfare-houses or other institutions for the reception and maintenance of poor persons, females shall be kept separate from males at all times in their living rooms, bedrooms, toilets, halls, stairways and outbuildings, except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons who are lawfully married and living together as man and wife and who are or shall become inmates of a welfare-house or other institution. The accommodations necessary to carry out the intentions of this section shall be provided.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-91 - Expenses recoverable from poor person or estate; insurance

44:4-91. Expenses recoverable from poor person or estate; insurance
If it is ascertained at any time that a person who has been assisted by or has received support from any 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 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 court of common pleas of the county by the board of chosen freeholders which 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 county in the assistance and support of the person during the period for which support was furnished, and if any person shall die having received relief or maintenance as a poor person and having insurance upon his life, the proceeds of the insurance, after the payment of the expense of the last illness and the funeral expenses of the person, shall, if the terms of the policy so permit, be first applied to the reimbursement of the county, 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 any estate when it is 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-91.1 - Pledge of property as guaranty for reimbursement; agreement to reimburse

44:4-91.1. Pledge of property as guaranty for reimbursement; agreement to reimburse
Every county welfare board, operating under chapter 4 of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes, shall require, as a condition to the admission of any person to the county welfare-house, or as a condition to the granting of permanent out-door support to any poor person, that all or any part of the property, either real or personal, of such person, either presently owned or which may subsequently be acquired, be pledged to said county welfare board as a guaranty for the reimbursement of the cost of the care and maintenance of such person at the county welfare-house or for the permanent out-door support furnished to such person pursuant to the provisions of said chapter, and the total amount of the cost thereof shall become a lien upon any lands owned or to be owned by such person, which lien shall have priority over all unrecorded encumbrances. The county welfare board shall take from each applicant a properly acknowledged agreement to reimburse for all benefits furnished, and pursuant to such agreement said applicant shall assign to the welfare board, as collateral security for said benefits, all or any part of his personal property and insurance when the terms of the policy so permit, as the board shall specify.
The agreement to reimburse shall contain a release of dower or curtesy, as the case may be, of the spouse of the person so benefited, and such release shall be as valid and effectual as if the spouse had joined the applicant in a conveyance of the property to a third person; the maintenance and support furnished shall be good and valuable consideration therefor.
L.1939, c. 263, p. 683, s. 1, approved July 18, 1939.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-91.2 - Filing certificate of costs of care furnished; legal claim, enforcement

44:4-91.2. Filing certificate of costs of care furnished; legal claim, enforcement
1. At any time the county welfare board may execute and file with the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, a certificate, in the form prescribed by section 44:7-15 of the Revised Statutes, showing the amount of the cost of the care and maintenance of any person at the county welfare-house or for the permanent outdoor support furnished to any person. When so filed each certificate shall be a legal claim against both the person and his estate and shall have the same force and effect as a judgment of the Superior Court, with priority over all unsecured claims except funeral expenses not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). No levy shall be made upon the real estate while it is occupied by the widow or widower, as the case may be. If the proceeds of sale of any personalty or real estate, as herein provided, exceeds the total amount paid for care and maintenance under this chapter, such excess shall be returned to such person, or in the event of his death, such excess shall be considered as the property of the deceased for proper administration proceedings. All funds reclaimed under these provisions shall be returned to the county.
L.1946,c.175,s.1; amended 1953,c.42,s.21; 1991,c.91,s.438.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-91.3 - Record of welfare house and outdoor liens

44:4-91.3. Record of welfare house and outdoor liens
The county clerks or registers of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, shall record in a book to be known as "Welfare-House and Outdoor Liens" the said certificates, and shall make a complete alphabetical index of the same, and no clerk or register shall charge any fee therefor. Whenever a county shall have received satisfaction for such judgments, the county welfare board shall enter an acknowledgment of satisfaction upon the record of such judgments without charge.
L.1946, c. 175, p. 762, s. 2. Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 782, s. 22, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-92 - When relief may be provided in home

44:4-92. When relief may be provided in home
If adult poor persons own the property where they reside in whole or in part, or are receiving shelter in some other suitable home or habitation, and it is possible to maintain them more adequately and profitably within the intent of this chapter, the director of welfare, under the direction of and subject to the approval of the county welfare board, may provide for their permanent relief in such homes in lieu of committing or placing them in a welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-93 - Permanent relief; amount to be adequate; payable monthly

44:4-93. Permanent relief; amount to be adequate; payable monthly
The director of welfare under the direction and subject to the approval of the county welfare board shall furnish permanent relief in an amount adequate to provide for the reasonable maintenance and well-being of such poor person, which shall be payable monthly upon the application of the director, out of the funds from which other expenses for the relief and support of the permanent poor are paid.
L.1941, c. 130, p. 444, s. 1; L.1946, c. 297, p. 998, s. 1, eff. May 6, 1946.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-94 - Semiannual report relative to continuance of relief

44:4-94. Semiannual report relative to continuance of relief
At the expiration of six months from the time of granting permanent relief in the home, and every succeeding such period of time thereafter, or sooner if and when required by the county welfare board, the director of welfare shall render a report disclosing the conditions, circumstances, and changes if any of any such case, and if further relief is deemed by the welfare board to be necessary and advisable in the case, the welfare board shall order the continuance of the relief for a like period of time.
The county welfare board may in its discretion summarily revoke any such order so made and thereafter all maintenance and relief for such poor person shall cease forthwith.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-95 - Notice to board of children's guardians of commitment of minors to welfare-house

44:4-95. Notice to board of children's guardians of commitment of minors to welfare-house
The director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall within twenty-four hours of the commitment of all minor children under the age of eighteen years to the welfare-house, notify the state board of children's guardians of such commitment.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-96 - Supervision of minors committed to welfare-house

44:4-96. Supervision of minors committed to welfare-house
The care and general supervision of all minor children under the age of eighteen years who are committed to the welfare-house as mentioned in section 44:4-95 of this title shall upon such commitment be vested in the state board of children's guardians.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-97 - Temporary commitment of poor minor by director to institution or home

44:4-97. Temporary commitment of poor minor by director to institution or home
The director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall, upon application for permanent relief, if granted, commit any minor poor child, who has gained a legal settlement within the meaning of this chapter to the welfare-house, or other public institution for the care of dependent children or to some private institution for the care of children or with some family approved by the state board of children's guardians for a period not to exceed thirty days after date of commitment, or until the court having jurisdiction has adjudged the child a public charge or made an order committing the child or its family to the care of the state board of children's guardians as herein and otherwise provided by law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-98 - Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children's guardians

44:4-98. Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children's guardians
Within twenty-four hours of such placement the director of welfare shall give a written notice thereof to the state board of children's guardians, and to the board of chosen freeholders of the county wherein the child has a settlement.
The notice shall contain a description of the child embracing its name, age, sex, religion, faith of its parents, the names and addresses of all relatives liable for the support of the child, date of placement, past and present address or place of abode, and such information as the director has been able to ascertain, and the length of time the family has received relief from the municipality or district.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-99 - Transfer of children from welfare-house to charitable society; maintenance

44:4-99. Transfer of children from welfare-house to charitable society; maintenance
L.1933, c. 103, p. 211, entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act for the settlement and relief of the poor, and providing for municipal, county or joint county relief, excepting from county or joint county relief, certain municipalities" (Revision of 1924), approved March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four,' " approved April tenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [This act provides that in counties which had adopted the provisions of the county referendum act providing for the relief and settlement of the poor, and in which children were then being maintained at public charge under the care of a duly incorporated charitable society, the county may transfer any child under eighteen years from the county welfare-house to the society. Upon being so transferred the child is to be maintained at the expense of the county.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-100 - Ascertaining and obtaining or compelling assistance of relatives

44:4-100. Ascertaining and obtaining or compelling assistance of relatives
Upon application for the relief of a poor person the county welfare board shall ascertain if possible the relatives chargeable by law for his support and proceed to obtain their assistance or compel them to render such assistance as is provided by law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-101 - Relatives chargeable

44:4-101. Relatives chargeable
a. The father and mother of a person under 18 years of age who applies for and is eligible to receive public assistance, and the children, and husband or wife, severally and respectively, of a person who applies for and is eligible to receive public assistance, shall, if of sufficient ability, at his or their charge and expense, relieve and maintain the poor person or child in such manner as shall be ordered, after due notice and opportunity to be heard, by any county director of welfare, or by any court of competent jurisdiction upon its own initiative or the information of any person.
b. The provisions of this section shall apply to the minor children of a mother whose husband shall fail properly to support and maintain such minor children when by reason thereof they are likely to become a public charge.
c. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person 55 years of age or over except with regard to his or her spouse, or his or her natural or adopted child under the age of 18 years.
Amended by L.1968, c. 446, s. 2, eff. Feb. 19, 1969; L.1975, c. 1, s. 2, eff. Jan. 14, 1975; L.1979, c. 401, s. 2, eff. Feb. 8, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-102 - Compelling support by relatives

44:4-102. Compelling support by relatives
44:4-102. If any of the relatives mentioned in section 44:4-101 of this Title shall fail to perform the order or directions of the county director of welfare with regard to the support of the poor person, or if the poor person is supported at public expense, the Superior Court, upon the complaint of the director of welfare or two residents of the county may summon the persons chargeable as in other actions and summon witnesses, and may order and adjudge the able relatives to pay such sum as the circumstances may require in the discretion of the court for each poor person, as will maintain and relieve him or them, and as will relieve the public of the burden of such care and maintenance. However, where it shall appear that the person or persons sought to be held were the child or children of the poor person and were abandoned and deserted by the poor person who failed to support and maintain them during minority, the Superior Court may revoke the order of the director of welfare or reduce the amount of said order against such child or children, in proportion to the actual support and maintenance rendered by said poor person to the child or children sought to be held. Any child now under an order to support a poor person may apply to the Superior Court which issued said order for the revocation or reduction of said order in accordance with the terms of this proviso. Violations of any such order of the Superior Court shall constitute a contempt of court.
The county through its governing body may also bring an appropriate action to recover any sum of money due for the relief, support and maintenance of any poor person against any person chargeable by law therefor.
Amended 1940,c.56; 1953,c.42,s.23; 1991,c.91,s.439.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-103 - Contracts between welfare board and relatives or others

44:4-103. Contracts between welfare board and relatives or others
In all cases where there are relatives and others not otherwise chargeable by law who are able and willing to support and maintain or contribute to the support and maintenance of a poor person, the county welfare board may contract with such relatives in consideration of the support and maintenance of the poor person whereby the relatives may undertake and obligate themselves to that end, or induce such aid and support as may be possible.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-104 - Compelling support by husband or wife

44:4-104. Compelling support by husband or wife
44:4-104. When a husband or father shall desert his wife, child or children or a woman shall desert her child or children and leave them, or any of them, as public charges, the director of welfare of the county may apply to the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, which court may order and adjudge suitable support and maintenance to be paid and provided by the husband or wife, or either of them, to be made out of his property, and for such time as the nature of the case and circumstances of the parties render suitable and proper in the opinion of the court, and may compel the defendant to give reasonable security for such maintenance and support, and from time to time make such further orders and judgments touching such maintenance and support as shall be just, and enforce such orders and judgments.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.24; 1991,c.91,s.440.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-105 - Sequestration of estate

44:4-105. Sequestration of estate
44:4-105. The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part may:
a. Issue process for the immediate sequestration of the personal estate and the rents and profits of the real estate of the person charged as provided in section 44:4-104 of this Title;
b. Appoint the director of welfare of the county, or another person, receiver thereof; and
c. Cause the personal estate and the rents and profits of the real estate, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be applied toward the maintenance and support as to the court shall from time to time seem reasonable and just.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.25; 1991,c.91,s.441.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-107 - Recovery of expenses of support

44:4-107. Recovery of expenses of support
The county welfare board through the county director of welfare, may bring a civil action from time to time in that court for such amount as may be necessary to pay any expense incurred or unpaid, and upon recovery of judgment and the sale of any property, real or personal, of the defendant, the proceeds realized therefrom as in other civil actions shall be paid to the county welfare board and applied by it for the support and maintenance of the deserted persons, or to reimburse the county or welfare board to the extent of the expenditures made by it for such support and maintenance.
The sum realized on execution sale and not immediately used shall be kept by the county welfare board in a separate account in a national or State bank in the place where the deserted wife or children or any of them, are placed or maintained. All surplus proceeds not expended for that purpose shall be the property of and payable to the defendant.
Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 784, s. 27, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-108 - Willful deserter as disorderly person; punishment

44:4-108. Willful deserter as disorderly person; punishment
A husband or father who willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide for and maintain his wife or children, or any of them, or a mother who willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide for and maintain her children, or any of them, or a child who willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide for and maintain his parents, or either of them, is a disorderly person, and upon being so adjudged shall be committed to the workhouse or county jail of the county or of that county composing a district in which the person resided at the time of the desertion or failure to provide for a period not exceeding sixty days in the discretion of the court.
Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 785, s. 28, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-109 - Complaint by director of welfare

44:4-109. Complaint by director of welfare
When a director of welfare having jurisdiction in such cases believes that such desertion or willful refusal or neglect to so provide for any such wife, children or parents, or any of them, will cause the family to become chargeable as poor persons to any county, he shall make complaint before a court having jurisdiction in the county where the persons reside or in the place where the father, husband or child resides.
Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 785, s. 29, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-112 - Visitation of sick poor by official physicians and nurses

44:4-112. Visitation of sick poor by official physicians and nurses
When a physician or nurse who is employed by the governing body of a county or municipality is called upon or notified by the county welfare board of the county wherein the municipality is situated, with the consent and cooperation of the board where and whereby such physician or nurse is employed, to visit a poor person who is ill or injured, he shall make the visit and render such medical aid as the case may demand.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-114 - Further medical or other relief

44:4-114. Further medical or other relief
If it shall appear that the person visited and aided is a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, the physician or nurse attending him shall report the fact in writing to the director of welfare of the county welfare board, which may grant such further medical, surgical or other relief to the poor person as the circumstances may require or as it may deem necessary.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-115 - Hospitalization and other relief where treatment is urgent

44:4-115. Hospitalization and other relief where treatment is urgent
In all cases wherein medical or surgical treatment is urgent, a poor person may be removed and admitted to any public or private hospital in the municipality in which he is found, and the director or those having charge of the hospital shall within a reasonable time ascertain from the sick person his name and place of residence, and if it shall appear that he is a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, a notice in writing shall immediately be sent to the county welfare board of the county wherein the municipality is situated in which the poor person resided prior to such removal and admittance.
Upon receipt of the notice the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board, after confirming the status of the poor person, shall proceed and provide in a like manner for the relief of the sick indigent person as is provided for by, and is within the meaning of, this chapter, but the hospital expense shall be borne by the municipality in which the poor person was a resident prior to such removal and admittance.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-116 - Bond for maintenance from master or commander

44:4-116. Bond for maintenance from master or commander
When a ship or vessel shall arrive within a port, harbor or county within this state, having on board passengers or employees coming from any foreign port or place, or coming from any county within or without this state into any county within this state, the county welfare board of the county in which the ship or vessel shall arrive, may require of the master or commander thereof a bond with approved security to the inhabitants of the county in the sum of, and not exceeding, two hundred dollars, conditioned for the maintenance and support of any passenger or employee on board the ship or vessel who is sick, infirm or otherwise incapable and a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, in the opinion of the director of welfare of the county.