N.J. Stat. tit. 9, ch. 7

N.J. Stat. tit. 9, ch. 7
in effect

N.J. Stat. § 9:7-1 Consent of Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies

A public or private agency of any State accredited in such State for the placement of children, or any person whose home is approved by any such agency for the placement of a child, desiring to bring, send, or receive into this State any dependent child for the purpose of placing such child in any home in this State, may apply for the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies entitling such agency or person to the privilege of bringing, sending, or receiving into this State such child for placement in conformity with such rules and regulations of the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies consistent herewith as it may from time to time adopt. Each and every application for consent and approval as provided in this section must be submitted on the form approved by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies for the purpose and must be accompanied by a certificate or other available evidence that the applicant has obtained a license or approval as may be granted or required by the State Department of Welfare or similar body, or officer exercising similar authority, of the State from which the child is to be brought or sent into this State. No consent and approval shall be given by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies for the sending, bringing or receiving of any child into this State for placement for purposes of adoption unless such placement has been approved by an agency approved to place children for adoption under the laws of this State. Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 544, s. 1; L.1956, c. 86, p. 176, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 9:7-2 Indemnity bond; conditions

Subject to the further provisions of this chapter, any agency or person as described in section 9:7-1, before obtaining the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies for bringing, sending or receiving any such child into this State, shall be required to furnish an indemnity bond, with corporate surety, in favor of the State of New Jersey in the sum of $1,000.00, to be approved by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, conditioned as follows: That such agency or person will not send or bring, or cause to be brought or sent, or receive into this State any child that is incorrigible, or one that is of unsound mind or body; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to mean that blindness in itself shall act as any barrier to the importation of any such child, subject to all other consistent provisions of this chapter; that if any such child shall, before reaching the age of 18 years, become a public charge such agency or person will, within 30 days after written notice given by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, remove such child from this State; and that if any such child shall be adjudged delinquent within 3 years from the time of arrival within this State, such agency or person will remove from this State such child within 30 days thereafter upon written notice as aforesaid; and that if any such child who shall become a public charge as aforesaid, or who shall be adjudged delinquent as aforementioned, shall not be so removed from this State, then such agency or person shall at once and thereby forfeit such sum as this State, or any county or municipality thereof, shall have expended in the care or maintenance of such child; that such agency or person will make to the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies such reports as such commissioner from time to time may require. Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 545, s. 2; L.1956, c. 86, p. 177, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 9:7-3 Violation of s.s. 9:7-1 and 9:7-2; responsibility for care and maintenance of child

Any person, corporation, association or institution, or any officer or agent thereof, who shall bring, or send, or cause to be brought or sent, or receive any dependent child into this State, without having first obtained the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies and furnished an indemnity bond as herein provided, and any other person who then or later receives such child for placement in his or her home, shall, both individually and collectively, be deemed for all purposes responsible for the care, support and maintenance of such child in the same manner and extent as a parent is responsible for the care, support and maintenance of a child under the laws of this State; provided, however, that the sending, bringing or receiving of any dependent child into this State, with or without the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, shall not of itself establish any rights to custody or adoption of such child. Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 546, s. 3.

N.J. Stat. § 9:7-4 Relative may bring child into state; immunity does not pass to others

The provisions of sections 9:7-1 to 9:7-3 of this chapter shall not apply to a natural parent, parent by adoption, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent or stepparent bringing or receiving a child into this State for the purpose of placement in his or her own home, when such relative is a person responsible under the laws of this State for the support and maintenance of such child, or when, prior to the placement of the child in the home of such relative, such placement has been approved by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies; provided, however, that the immunity granted by this section shall not pass to any other person who may later receive such child for placement in his or her home. Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 547, s. 4; L.1956, c. 86, p. 178, s. 3.

N.J. Stat. § 9:7-5 Recovery of penalty in bond

The penalty provided in the bond referred to in section 9:7-2 of this chapter shall be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the State of New Jersey; and such bond shall remain in force, and actions may be brought thereon, during any time within which there may be, within this State, any child under the age of 18 years, whose placement is covered by the provisions of such bond, and who shall have been brought, sent or received into this State by the principal obligor of such bond; provided, however, that upon the adoption of any such child the bond may be canceled forthwith. Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 547, s. 5; L.1956, c. 86, p. 179, s. 4.

N.J. Stat. § 9:7-6 Blanket consents and approvals; agreements; assignment of powers and duties

In carrying out the powers, duties and responsibilities provided by this chapter, the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, subject to the approval of the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies, may: (a) grant blanket consents and approvals and approve blanket indemnity bonds with respect to public or private agencies of other States which are accredited in their respective States for the placement of children; and (b) enter into agreements made or approved by the State Department of Welfare or similar body of any other State, or the authorized representative thereof, with respect to the interstate placement of children; which agreements, in proper case, may be made effective in lieu of consents and approvals, or indemnity bonds, or both, as required by this chapter; and (c) assign any or all of the powers, duties and responsibilities provided by this chapter for administration by the State Board of Child Welfare. L.1949, c. 161, p. 547, s. 6. Amended by L.1956, c. 86, p. 179, s. 5.

N.J. Stat. § 9:7-7 Effective date

This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. L.1949, c. 161, p. 548, s. 7.
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