N.J. Stat. § 44:1-129: Petition for relief

The director of welfare of a municipality shall by petition to the Superior Court, setting forth the necessary facts, apply for the person's relief in that manner, whereupon the court shall fix a date for hearing the petition within not less than ten days from the filing of the petition.

Amended 1953,c.42,s.9; 1991,c.91,s.429.