Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 9:6-8.87

  • 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 accepts a child in care or custody, including placement, the division shall not be required to provide reasonable efforts to reunify the child with a parent if an exception to the requirement to provide reasonable efforts has been established in accordance with section 25 of P.L.1999, c.53 (C. 30:4C-11.3).

L.1997, c.175, s.5; amended L.1999,c.53,s.17.