New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 20 - LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP
Subchapter 1 - CP&P LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP SUBSIDY PROGRAM
Section 3A:20-1.3 - Definitions

(a) The definitions in N.J.A.C. 3A:11-1.3, Definitions, are hereby incorporated into this chapter by reference.

(b) The following words and terms shall have the following meaning in this chapter and not the meaning defined in N.J.A.C. 3A:11-1.3:

"Agreement" means the form promulgated by the Division, which stipulates the responsibilities of kinship guardians and forms the contractual basis for participating in the CP&P Legal Guardianship Subsidy Program and receipt of benefits thereunder, which is made publicly available on the DCF internet site.

"Parent" means a person who is the mother or father of a child through birth or adoption.

"Relative" means any person, other than the child's parent, who is related to the child through blood, marriage, adoption, civil union, or domestic partnership and including a stepparent, or a "family friend," as defined in N.J.A.C. 3A:11-1.3.

(c) In addition, the following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Household member" means an adult or child who resides either full-time or part-time in the home of a relative who participates in the CP&P Legal Guardianship Subsidy Program.

"Placed by the Division" means a Division representative determined that a child could not remain in his or her own home, the Division had legal authority for removal of the child, and a Division representative physically located or arranged for the child to be placed in a relative's home.

"Program" means the CP&P Legal Guardianship Subsidy Program, as defined in N.J.A.C. 3A:11-1.3.