{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4c-11.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-11.2","heading":"Exceptions to requirement to make reasonable efforts to prevent placement of child.","body":"24.\tIn any case in which the Division of Child Protection and Permanency accepts a child in care or custody, including placement, the division shall not be required to provide reasonable efforts to prevent placement of the child if a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that both of the following criteria are met:\na.\tOne of the following actions has occurred:\n(1)\tthe parent has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances of abuse, neglect, cruelty, or abandonment,\n(2)\tthe parent has been convicted of murder, aggravated manslaughter, or manslaughter of another child of the parent; aiding or abetting, attempting, conspiring, or soliciting to commit murder, aggravated manslaughter, or manslaughter of the child or another child of the parent; committing or attempting to commit an assault that resulted, or could have resulted, in the significant bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent; or committing a similarly serious criminal act which resulted, or could have resulted, in the death or significant bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent,\n(3)\tthe rights of the parent to another of the parent's children have been involuntarily terminated or\n(4)\tremoval of the child was required due to imminent danger to the child's life, safety or health; and\nb.\tEfforts to prevent placement were not reasonable due to risk of harm to the child's health or safety.\nWhen determining whether reasonable efforts are required to prevent placement, the health and safety of the child shall be of paramount concern to the court.\nL.1999, c.53, s.24; amended 2004, c.130, s.50; 2012, c.16, s.62.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"0f8526b5716ef685bf348c68467f2694f71f1e305f7edd906f7f146c5d2374a7","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4c-11.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4c-11.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}