New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES
Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS
Section 3A:56-10.6 - Services regarding paternal involvement

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:56-10.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The home, in conjunction with the Division or other placing agency, shall explain to the adolescent mother:

1. The benefits of establishing paternity for her infant and her options for establishing paternity;

2. 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 home.

(b) The home shall discuss the topics specified in (a) above prior to the discharge of the adolescent mothers in individual or group meetings with adolescent mothers and assist the adolescent in establishing paternity if she so requests.

(c) Unless it is contraindicated by the Division's worker, when the infant's father is known and the adolescent mother agrees, the home shall attempt to arrange contact with him to discuss his interest in his child.

(d) The home shall allow the fathers of infants residing in the home to attend parenting classes provided by the home.

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