New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 23 - ADOPTIONS


Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 36, June 19, 2023

CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
R.2019 d.069, effective May 23, 2019.
See: 51 N.J.R. 131(a), 51 N.J.R. 985(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 121, Adoptions, was filed and became effective prior to September 1, 1969.
Subchapter 3, Adoption Complaint Investigation Fees, was adopted as R.1975 d.15, effective February 6, 1975. See: 7 N.J.R. 58(c).
Subchapter 4, Release of Criminal History Record Information, was adopted as R.1979 d.119, effective March 19, 1979. See: 10 N.J.R. 543(a), 11 N.J.R. 248(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 3, Adoption Complaint Investigation Fees, was readopted as R.1983 d.509, effective November 7, 1983. See: 15 N.J.R. 1341(a), 15 N.J.R. 1865(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 4, Release of Criminal HISTORY Record Information, was readopted as R.1984 d.88, effective March 13, 1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 119(b), 16 N.J.R. 730(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 121, Adoptions, expired on March 13, 1989.
Chapter 121, Adoptions, was adopted as new rules by R.1990 d.344, effective July 16, 1990. See: 21 N.J.R. 3047(b), 22 N.J.R. 2172(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 121, Adoptions, was readopted as R.1995 d.360, effective June 12, 1995. See: 27 N.J.R. 1122(a), 27 N.J.R. 2616(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 121, Adoptions, was readopted as R.2000 d.254, effective May 24, 2000. Subchapter 4, Release of Criminal History Record Information, was repealed, and Subchapter 5, Medical Information Forms, was recodified as Subchapter 4, Medical Information Form, by R.2000 d.254, effective June 19, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 741(a), 32 N.J.R. 2239(b).
Chapter 121, Adoptions, was readopted as R.2005 d.439, effective November 18, 2005. As a part of R.2005 d.439, former Subchapter 1, Approval of Agencies Desiring to Place Children in New Jersey, was repealed; former Subchapter 2, Adoption Subsidy, was recodified as Subchapter 1; former Subchapter 3, Adoption Complaint Investigation Fees, was recodified as Subchapter 2; and former Subchapter 4, Medical Information, was recodified as Subchapter 3, effective December 19, 2005. See: 37 N.J.R. 1938(a), 37 N.J.R. 5001(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 121, Adoptions, was scheduled to expire on May 17, 2013. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 121, Adoptions, was readopted as R.2012 d.005, effective December 7, 2011. See: 42 N.J.R. 3030(a), 44 N.J.R. 83(b).
Chapter 23, Adoptions, was recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:121, Adoptions, by administrative change, effective January 3, 2017. As part of the recodification, attendant technical changes were made to the rule text concerning cross-references, agency names, addresses, etc. See: 49 N.J.R. 98(a).
Subchapter 2, Adoption Complaint Investigation Fees, and Subchapter 3, Medical Information, were repealed by R.2017 d.207, effective December 4, 2017. See: 49 N.J.R. 2316(a), 49 N.J.R. 3669(c).
Chapter 23, Adoptions, was readopted as R.2019 d.069, effective May 23, 2019. See: Source and Effective Date. See, also, section annotations.

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 9:3-54.1, 9:3A-7.f, 30:4C-4(h), and 30:4C-49.

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