New Jersey Statutes 9:6-8.34. Persons who may originate proceedings
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 9:6-8.34
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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 following persons may originate a proceeding under this act:
a. A parent or other person interested in the child.
b. A duly authorized agency, association, society, institution or the division.
c. A police officer.
d. Any person having knowledge or information of a nature which convinces him that a child is abused or neglected.
e. A person on the court’s direction.
f. The county prosecutor.
g. In cases where a private individual is unwilling or reluctant to file a complaint, he may request the division to initiate a complaint in his stead.
L.1974, c. 119, s. 14, eff. Oct. 10, 1974. Amended by L.1977, c. 209, s. 13, eff. Sept. 7, 1977.