N.J. Stat. § 26:8-40.2: Parentage unknown; presumption of birth within state

Any person who, as a child of unknown parentage, heretofore was or hereafter shall be found in this State and whose parentage and the place and time of whose birth remain unknown, shall be presumed to have been born in this State until shown not to have been born herein but only upon compliance with the provisions of this act.

L.1942, c. 95, p. 347, s. 1.