Opinion ID: 3168760
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Heading: In making a determination on an application

Text: filed pursuant to this section, the court shall consider the following factors:
applicant;
child’s parents or the person with whom the child is residing and the applicant;
last had contact with the applicant;
on the relationship between the child and the child’s parents or the person with whom the child is residing;
the time sharing arrangement which exists between the parents with regard to the child;
the application;
sexual abuse or neglect by the applicant; and
interests of the child. 2As amended a year after its enactment, N.J.S.A. 9:2-7.1 authorized a grandparent to seek visitation only in the event of the death of one or both parents, or the parents’ separation or divorce. N.J.S.A. 9:2-7.1 (as amended by L. 1973 c. 100, § 1). In 1993, the Legislature amended the statute again to its current form, eliminating the requirement that one or both parents be deceased, or that the parents be divorced or separated, in order for a grandparent to bring an action. L. 1993 c. 161, § 1. 13