New Jersey Statutes 9:6-8.55. Order of protection
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 9:6-8.55
- 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.
- Parent: as used in this chapter , shall include the stepfather and stepmother and the adoptive or resource family parent. See New Jersey Statutes 9:6-2
- 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
The court may make an order of protection in assistance or as a condition of any other order made under this act. The order of protection may set forth reasonable conditions of behavior to be observed for a specified time by a person who is before the court and is a parent or guardian responsible for the child’s care or the spouse of the parent or guardian, or both. Such an order may require any such person: a. To stay away from the home, the other spouse or the child; b. To permit a parent to visit the child at stated periods; c. To abstain from offensive conduct against the child or against the other parent or against any person to whom custody of the child is awarded; d. To give proper attention to the care of the home; and e. To refrain from acts of commission or omission that tend to make the home not a proper place for the child.
The court may also award custody of the child, during the term of the order of protection to either parent or to an appropriate relative; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to give the court power to place or board out any child or to commit a child to the custody of an institution or agency. In making orders of protection, the court shall so act as to insure that in the care, protection, discipline and guardianship of the child, his religious faith shall be preserved and protected.
L.1974, c. 119, s. 35, eff. Oct. 10, 1974.