New Jersey Statutes 44:4-109. Complaint by director of welfare
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:4-109
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Director of welfare: means an employee of a county welfare board with authority to act for it and under its direction, and to act for and in lieu of overseers where there are none, and perform the functions of and replace the office of overseer. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
- 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, he shall make complaint before a court having jurisdiction in the county where the persons reside or in the place where the father, husband or child resides.
Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 785, s. 29, eff. March 19, 1953.