{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4c-52","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-52","heading":"Definitions.","body":"3.\tAs used in P.L.1977, c.424 (C.30:4C-50 et seq.), unless the context indicates otherwise:\na.\t\"Child\" means any person less than 18 years of age;\nb.\t\"Child placed outside his home\" means a child under the care, custody, or guardianship of the division who resides in a resource family home, group home, residential treatment facility, shelter for the care of abused or neglected children or juveniles considered as juvenile-family crisis cases, or independent living arrangement operated by or approved for payment by the division, or a child who has been placed by the division in the home of a person who is not related to the child and does not receive any payment for the care of the child from the division, or a child placed by the court in juvenile-family crisis cases pursuant to P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-20 et seq.), but does not include a child placed by the court in the home of a person related to the child who does not receive any payment from the division for the care of the child;\nc.\t\"County of supervision\" means the county in which the division has established responsibility for supervision of the child;\nd.\t\"Division\" means the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families;\ne.\t\"Temporary caretaker\" means a resource family parent as defined in section 1 of P.L.1962, c.136 (C.30:4C-26.4) or a director of a group home or residential treatment facility;\nf.\t\"Designated agency\" means an agency designated by the court pursuant to P.L.1982, c.80 (C.2A:4A-76 et seq.) to develop a family services plan.\nL.1977, c.424, s.3; amended 1978, c.125, s.1; 1982, c.24, s.1; 1987, c.252, s.1; 1999, c.53, s.38; 2004, c.130, s.83; 2005, c.169, s.13; 2006, c.47, s.141; 2012, c.16, s.107.","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":"e2292bc1b7c0f4ee41ecb8d7a34f798c71b219e9d72104a8b9fadacf7568cac0","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4c-51","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4c-53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}