§ 30:4C-1 Administration of act in accordance with public policy
§ 30:4C-1.1 Findings, declarations relative to child protective services
§ 30:4C-2 Definitions
§ 30:4C-2.1 Division of Child Protection and Permanency as continuation of former agencies
§ 30:4C-2.3 Provision of services to certain individuals aged 18 to 21
§ 30:4C-2.4 New Jersey Child Welfare Training Academy
§ 30:4C-2.5 Rules, regulations
§ 30:4C-3 Duties of Division of Child Protection and Permanency
§ 30:4C-3.7 Photographing, fingerprinting of child under custody of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency
§ 30:4C-3.8 Rules, regulations
§ 30:4C-3a Child protection worker caseload, limits, exceptions, temporary
§ 30:4C-4 Powers of Department of Children and Families
§ 30:4C-4.1 Consent and approval of actions or proceedings
§ 30:4C-4.2 Consent, approval of commissioner
§ 30:4C-4.3 Copies of rules and regulations; certification of consent and approval
§ 30:4C-4.4 Services provided to certain persons with developmental disabilities; rules, procedures; interagency agreement
§ 30:4C-4.5 Provision of services for alcoholism, substance use disorder for certain persons; interagency agreement; rules, regulations
§ 30:4C-4.6 Definitions; Division of Children’s System of Care, training program, emergency homeless shelter employees
§ 30:4C-6 Recipients of payments not deemed paupers; certain treatments permitted
§ 30:4C-7 Issuance of certain certificates free of charge
§ 30:4C-8 Payments for maintenance exempt from tax
§ 30:4C-9 Orders of commitment or grants of assistance previously made and other previous actions not affected
§ 30:4C-10 Liberal construction; consistent laws not repealed
§ 30:4C-11 Application for care and custody; verification, investigation
§ 30:4C-11.1 Health, safety of paramount concern in placement of child
§ 30:4C-11.2 Exceptions to requirement to make reasonable efforts to prevent placement of child
§ 30:4C-11.3 Exceptions to requirement to provide reasonable efforts to reunify child with parent
§ 30:4C-11.4 Permanency hearing
§ 30:4C-11.5 Commissioner’s report to Legislature, Governor
§ 30:4C-11.6 Rules, regulations
§ 30:4C-12 Filing complaint; investigation; application for court order; hearing
§ 30:4C-12.1 Search for relatives; assessment of abilities
§ 30:4C-12.2 Resource family parent, relative, notice; right to be heard
§ 30:4C-13 Referral to legally responsible person or agency
§ 30:4C-14 Notice of action taken on application
§ 30:4C-15 Petition to terminate parental rights, conditions
§ 30:4C-15.1 Termination of parental rights, standards
§ 30:4C-15.1a Certain prior statements of child, admissible as evidence
§ 30:4C-15.2 Final guardianship hearing
§ 30:4C-15.3 Exceptions from requirement to file petition seeking termination of parental rights
§ 30:4C-15.4 Notice to parent of right to counsel; public defender appointments; law guardian, selection
§ 30:4C-15.5 Short title
§ 30:4C-15.6 Findings, declarations relative to abandoned children
§ 30:4C-15.7 Designated sites, voluntary relinquishment of child; assumption of care, custody, control by Division of Child Protection and Permanency
§ 30:4C-15.8 Responsibilities of division, placement of child
§ 30:4C-15.9 Educational public information program, toll free hotline
§ 30:4C-15.10 Rules, regulations
§ 30:4C-15.11 Distribution of information about “New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act” to certain public school students
§ 30:4C-16 Association or agency to file summary of records with petition
§ 30:4C-17 Petition, notice of hearing; interlocutory, order
§ 30:4C-18 Verification of petition; investigation; report of findings
§ 30:4C-19 Adjournments
§ 30:4C-20 Order terminating parental rights; committing child to guardianship
§ 30:4C-21 Guardianship order not to be restrictive
§ 30:4C-22 Full guardianship
§ 30:4C-23 Voluntary surrenders, releases of custody, consents to adoption
§ 30:4C-24 Application for care or custody; complaint; petition
§ 30:4C-25 Agents of Division of Child Protection and Permanency to visit children
§ 30:4C-26 Placing child in resource family home or institution
§ 30:4C-26a Rules and regulations
§ 30:4C-26b Child in resource family home, determination of school placement
§ 30:4C-26.1 “Resource family home” defined
§ 30:4C-26.2 Child care shelters; establishment, maintenance
§ 30:4C-26.3 Shelters for care, supervision of children
§ 30:4C-26.4 “Resource family parent” defined
§ 30:4C-26.5 Adoption of child by resource family parent
§ 30:4C-26.6 “Resource family parent” defined
§ 30:4C-26.7 Application for adoption of child by resource family parent
§ 30:4C-26.8 Adoptive, resource family parent, investigation
§ 30:4C-26.9 Provisional approval for resource family parent; definition
§ 30:4C-26.20 Minor and child to remain together as family unit
§ 30:4C-26.21 Rules, regulations
§ 30:4C-26c Caregiver liability relative to certain activities; terms defined
§ 30:4C-27 Expenses of maintenance chargeable against State funds
§ 30:4C-27.1 “Resource family parent” defined
§ 30:4C-27.2 Discontinuance of clothing distribution centers; clothing allowance
§ 30:4C-27.3 Short title
§ 30:4C-27.4 Findings, declarations relative to resource family care
§ 30:4C-27.5 Definitions relative to resource family care
§ 30:4C-27.6 Licensure required for resource family parents
§ 30:4C-27.7 Child abuse record information check
§ 30:4C-27.8 Criminal history record background check required for licensure
§ 30:4C-27.9 Denial, suspension, revocation of license
§ 30:4C-27.10 Notice before denial, suspension, revocation of license, hearing
§ 30:4C-27.11 Judicial review
§ 30:4C-27.12 Fraud, misrepresentation, fourth degree crime
§ 30:4C-27.14 Report to Governor, Legislature
§ 30:4C-27.15 Rules, regulations
§ 30:4C-27.16 Definitions relative to background checks for residential child care staff
§ 30:4C-27.17 Background checks required for securing, maintaining certificate of approval
§ 30:4C-27.18 Facilities established after effective date; procedures
§ 30:4C-27.19 Criteria for permanent disqualification
§ 30:4C-27.20 Eligibility for employment for certain rehabilitated offenders; determination
§ 30:4C-27.21 Immunity from liability on use of background information
§ 30:4C-27.22 Child abuse record information check required for securing, maintaining certificate of approval
§ 30:4C-27.23 Facility established after effective date, request for staff background checks
§ 30:4C-27.24 Regulations relative to out-of-State facility serving State residents
§ 30:4C-27.25 Responsibility for costs, funding of background checks
§ 30:4C-28 Discharge for care, custody, or guardianship
§ 30:4C-29 Payments for maintenance
§ 30:4C-29.1 Liability for maintenance costs
§ 30:4C-29.2 Lien on real property
§ 30:4C-29.3 Books for recording certificates of lien; index
§ 30:4C-29.4 Property subject to lien; notice; liability for disposal of property after notice
§ 30:4C-29.5 Compromise and settlement of claims
§ 30:4C-29.6 Discharge of lien; certificate
§ 30:4C-30 Sharing of cost of maintenance by State and county
§ 30:4C-30.1 Hospital care; total cost to be borne by state
§ 30:4C-31 Federal assistance; compliance with requirements of Department of Health, Education and Welfare
§ 30:4C-32 Burial of child receiving care; expenses
§ 30:4C-33 Compromise and settlement of claims
§ 30:4C-34 Recovery, reimbursement of moneys
§ 30:4C-35 Contributions
§ 30:4C-36 Petty cash fund
§ 30:4C-37 Checks, drafts, warrants, procedure if uncashed
§ 30:4C-38 Repeal
§ 30:4C-39 Continuation of consistent provisions of prior laws; effect of repeal
§ 30:4C-40 Effective date
§ 30:4C-41 “Approved agency” defined
§ 30:4C-42 Adoption Resource Exchange
§ 30:4C-43 Purpose of adoption resource exchange
§ 30:4C-44 Rules, regulations, and procedures
§ 30:4C-45 Legislative intent
§ 30:4C-46 Payments in subsidization of adoption; qualifications
§ 30:4C-47 Costs and expenses covered
§ 30:4C-48 Qualifications; original and annual determination
§ 30:4C-49 Rules and regulations
§ 30:4C-50 Short title
§ 30:4C-51 Legislative declarations
§ 30:4C-52 Definitions
§ 30:4C-53 Filing notice of placement of child outside home
§ 30:4C-53.1 Findings, declarations
§ 30:4C-53.2 Definition of “repeated placement in resource family care,” “placed again into resource family care.”
§ 30:4C-53.3 Revised, repeated placement plans, requisites
§ 30:4C-53.4 Petition to terminate parental rights
§ 30:4C-53.5 Rules, regulations
§ 30:4C-54 Determination by court as to placement
§ 30:4C-55 Placement plans, requirements
§ 30:4C-56 Administrative procedures to provide for needs of children and to obtain federal aid
§ 30:4C-57 Child placement review boards
§ 30:4C-58 Review of placements
§ 30:4C-58.1 Placement for adoption
§ 30:4C-59 Written notice in advance of review
§ 30:4C-60 Submission of report
§ 30:4C-61 Issuance of order by court
§ 30:4C-61.1 Proposal to return child home
§ 30:4C-61.2 Permanency hearing
§ 30:4C-62 Child Placement Advisory Council
§ 30:4C-62.1 Grants or contributions; acceptance
§ 30:4C-63 Rules for conduct of review boards; promulgation by Supreme Court
§ 30:4C-64 Joint legislative committee to monitor and evaluate act; report
§ 30:4C-65 Severability
§ 30:4C-66 Short title
§ 30:4C-67 Findings, declarations
§ 30:4C-68 Definitions
§ 30:4C-69 Development of interdepartmental plan
§ 30:4C-70 Establishment of CART, CIACC
§ 30:4C-71 Contents of plan
§ 30:4C-72 Principles of system of care
§ 30:4C-73 Use of monies saved
§ 30:4C-74 Findings, declarations
§ 30:4C-75 “Family preservation services program” defined
§ 30:4C-76 Establishment of family preservation services program; objectives
§ 30:4C-77 Referrals to program, requirements for family preservation services
§ 30:4C-78 Required credentials for direct services worker, supervisor
§ 30:4C-79 Development of manual of standards
§ 30:4C-80 Family Preservation Services Coordinating Unit established
§ 30:4C-81 Annual report to Governor, Legislature
§ 30:4C-82 Use of federal funding, maximize
§ 30:4C-83 Transfer of funds
§ 30:4C-84 Definitions relative to kinship legal guardianship and State agency action
§ 30:4C-85 Conduct of kinship caregiver assessment in certain cases
§ 30:4C-86 Checks required prior to submission of petition
§ 30:4C-87 Kinship legal guardianship as alternative disposition
§ 30:4C-88 Rules, regulations
§ 30:4C-89 Short title
§ 30:4C-90 Findings, declarations relative to kinship legal guardianship
§ 30:4C-91 Dissemination of information by DCF
§ 30:4C-92 Rules, regulations
§ 30:4C-101 “Tuition” defined
§ 30:4C-102 “Statewide Tuition Waiver Program.”
§ 30:4C-103 Eligibility requirements for program
§ 30:4C-104 Application procedure, maximum benefit
§ 30:4C-105 Rules, regulations
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 30 > Chapter 4C - Administration of Act in Accordance With Public Policy

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • certified mail: include private express carrier service, provided that the private express carrier service provides confirmation of mailing. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the Department of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • sworn: includes "affirmed. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.