Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 9:6-8.19a

  • 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
5. In any case in which the Division of Child Protection and Permanency accepts a child in its care or custody, the child’s resource family parent or relative providing care for the child, as applicable, shall receive written notice of and an opportunity to be heard at any review or hearing held with respect to the child, but the resource family parent or relative shall not be made a party to the review or hearing solely on the basis of the notice and opportunity to be heard.

L.1999, c.53, s.5; amended 2004, c.130, s.26; 2012, c.16, s.30.