New Jersey Statutes 44:1-148. Complaint by director of welfare
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-148
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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.
When a director of welfare having jurisdiction in such cases believes that such desertion or willful refusal or neglect to so provide for any such wife, children or parents, or any of them, will cause the family to become chargeable as poor persons to any county, municipality or joint county district, he shall make complaint before a court having jurisdiction in the municipality, county or district where the persons reside or in the place where the father, husband or child resides.
Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 780, s. 16, eff. March 19, 1953.