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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 9, CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS

    Chapter 6: Abuse, abandonment, cruelty and neglect of child; what constitutes

      Section: 9:6-8.34: Persons who may originate proceedings

           The following persons may originate a proceeding under this act:

a. A parent or other person interested in the child.

b. A duly authorized agency, association, society, institution or the division.

c. A police officer.

d. Any person having knowledge or information of a nature which convinces him that a child is abused or neglected.

e. A person on the court's direction.

f. The county prosecutor.

g. In cases where a private individual is unwilling or reluctant to file a complaint, he may request the division to initiate a complaint in his stead.

L.1974, c. 119, s. 14, eff. Oct. 10, 1974. Amended by L.1977, c. 209, s. 13, eff. Sept. 7, 1977.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2013-06-10 16:36:30.






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