30:4C-24 - Application for care or custody of child, complaint, or petition for guardianship by Director of Welfare - New-jersey Statutes

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30:4C-24. Application for care or custody of child, complaint, or petition for guardianship by Director of Welfare
Whenever the director of welfare of any county or municipality in this State shall be called upon to serve any child whose needs cannot properly be provided for by financial assistance as made available by the laws of this State, such director shall, within 24 hours thereafter, give written notice thereof to the Bureau of Childrens Services, and shall file an application for care or custody, as provided in section 11 of this act, or shall file a complaint as provided in section 12 of this act, or shall file a petition as provided in section 15 of this act, as the situation of the child may require. Such notice shall contain all available information concerning the child and his circumstances, which will enable the Bureau of Childrens Services to take proper action. If the immediate needs of the child so require, the director shall provide for his care in a suitable place, approved with reasonable promptness for that purpose by the bureau, paying therefor as a charge against county or municipal funds until such time as the child has been found eligible for care, custody or guardianship in accordance with the provisions of this act.

L.1951, c. 138, p. 584, s. 24. Amended by L.1962, c. 197, s. 25.

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30:4C-24. Application for care or custody of child, complaint, or petition for guardianship by Director of Welfare
Whenever the director of welfare of any county or municipality in this State shall be called upon to serve any child whose needs cannot properly be provided for by financial assistance as made available by the laws of this State, such director shall, within 24 hours thereafter, give written notice thereof to the Bureau of Childrens Services, and shall file an application for care or custody, as provided in section 11 of this act, or shall file a complaint as provided in section 12 of this act, or shall file a petition as provided in section 15 of this act, as the situation of the child may require. Such notice shall contain all available information concerning the child and his circumstances, which will enable the Bureau of Childrens Services to take proper action. If the immediate needs of the child so require, the director shall provide for his care in a suitable place, approved with reasonable promptness for that purpose by the bureau, paying therefor as a charge against county or municipal funds until such time as the child has been found eligible for care, custody or guardianship in accordance with the provisions of this act.

L.1951, c. 138, p. 584, s. 24. Amended by L.1962, c. 197, s. 25.

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30:4C-24. Application for care or custody of child, complaint, or petition for guardianship by Director of Welfare
Whenever the director of welfare of any county or municipality in this State shall be called upon to serve any child whose needs cannot properly be provided for by financial assistance as made available by the laws of this State, such director shall, within 24 hours thereafter, give written notice thereof to the Bureau of Childrens Services, and shall file an application for care or custody, as provided in section 11 of this act, or shall file a complaint as provided in section 12 of this act, or shall file a petition as provided in section 15 of this act, as the situation of the child may require. Such notice shall contain all available information concerning the child and his circumstances, which will enable the Bureau of Childrens Services to take proper action. If the immediate needs of the child so require, the director shall provide for his care in a suitable place, approved with reasonable promptness for that purpose by the bureau, paying therefor as a charge against county or municipal funds until such time as the child has been found eligible for care, custody or guardianship in accordance with the provisions of this act.

L.1951, c. 138, p. 584, s. 24. Amended by L.1962, c. 197, s. 25.