New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS
Section 3A:55-10.6 - Services regarding paternal involvement
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:55-10.6
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The facility shall explain to the adolescent mother:
1. The benefits
of establishing paternity for her infant and her options for establishing
paternity;
2. How to establish paternity
of the infant, including:
i. Clarification that
naming a father on her infant's birth certificate does not establish paternity
unless she is or was married to the infant's father; and
ii. Information about the procedures for
establishing paternity;
3.
How to deal with future questions her infant may have about his or her
father;
4. How to manage visitation
arrangements between her infant and the infant's father; and
5. That establishing paternity is not a condition
for remaining in the facility.
(b) The facility shall discuss the topics specified in (a) above in individual or group meetings with adolescent mothers prior to discharge and assist the adolescent in establishing paternity if she so requests.
(c) Unless contraindicated by the placing agency staff, when the infant's father is known and the adolescent mother agrees, the facility shall attempt to arrange contact with him to discuss his interest in his child.
(d) The facility shall allow the fathers of infants residing in the facility to attend parenting classes provided by the facility.
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