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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-30 > Section-30-4c > 30-4c-2030:4C-20 Order terminating parental rights; committing child to guardianship.20.If upon the completion of such hearing the court is satisfied that the best interests of such child require that he be placed under proper guardianship, such court shall make an order terminating parental rights and committing such child to the guardianship and control of the Division of Youth and Family Services, and such child shall thereupon become the legal ward of the division, which shall be the legal guardian of such child for all purposes, including the placement of such child for adoption.
If the court shall have made an interlocutory order as provided in section 17 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-17), but at the final hearing a further order of commitment shall not be made as provided in this section, the Division of Youth and Family Services shall return the child forthwith to the parent or parents, guardian or person having had custody of the child immediately prior to the filing of the petition; provided, however, that if the return does not ensure the safety of the child or if the parent or parents, guardian or person having had custody cannot be found or, for other reason satisfactory to the court, is unable to accept the child, the division, upon order of the court, may place the child with such other person or persons who, at the time of final hearing, expressed willingness to accept the child, but such order shall in no wise be construed as a grant of custody or guardianship. In all such cases the interlocutory order shall continue in full force and effect until the division shall have made disposition of the child as provided herein or as otherwise provided by law, but in no case for a period longer than 30 days after the final hearing.
L.1951,c.138,s.20; amended 1962, c.197, s.21; 1999, c.53, s.32.
