New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 12 - CASE MANAGEMENT
Subchapter 2 - IN-PERSON VISITS WITH CLIENTS AND OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT PROVIDERS
Section 3A:12-2.7 - In-person visitation when a child is placed out of his or her own home

1. An initial in-person visit with the child, the prior custodial parent and the out-of-home placement provider shall be made by the Division representative within five working days following the child's placement out of his or her own home;

2. The visit with the child shall occur in the home of the out-of-home placement provider;

3. The in-person visit with the prior custodial parent may occur in either the parent's home, the office or other mutually-agreed upon location;

4. During the first two months of an initial or a subsequent placement, each child shall receive at least two in-person visits per month, with at least one visit occurring in the home of the out-of-home placement provider and at least one visit per month thereafter, occurring in the home of the out-of home placement provider; and

5. Each parent of a child with a case goal of reunification shall receive at least two in-person visits per month and each parent of a child with another case goal shall receive at least one visit per month, unless parental rights have been terminated.