Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 9:6-8.67

  • 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
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
If a parent or guardian is brought before the court for failing to comply with the terms and conditions of an order of probation issued under section 36 hereof, or of an order of protection issued under section 35 or section 11 hereof, and if, after hearing, the court is satisfied by competent proof that the parent or guardian did so willfully and without just cause, the court may revoke the order of probation or of protection and enter any order that might have been made at the time the order of probation was made.

L.1974, c. 119, s. 47, eff. Oct. 10, 1974.