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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-2a > Section-2a-34 > 2a-34-23-22A:34-23.2 Findings, declarations relative to violation of visitation orders.
1.The Legislature finds and declares that:
a.There has been an increase in the filings of dissolutions of marriages in the recent years; and
b.The best interests of the children of these marriages in maintaining close relationships with both parents regardless of which parent has the physical custody of the child is paramount; and
c.Proceeding criminally in cases where the terms of an order of visitation with a child has failed to be honored may be both difficult and inappropriate; and
d.Bolstering the statutory civil remedies available to a judge hearing these types of matters may provide an indication of legislative intent to promote the enforcement of these matters.
L.1997,c.300,s.1.
