{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-108","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 44:4-108","heading":"Willful deserter as disorderly person;  punishment","body":"A husband or father who willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide  for and maintain his wife or children, or any of them, or a mother who  willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide for and maintain her children, or any of them, or a child who willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide for and maintain his parents, or either of them, is a disorderly person, and upon being so adjudged shall be committed to the workhouse or county jail of the county or of that county composing a district in which the person resided at the time of the desertion or failure to provide for a period not exceeding sixty days in the discretion of the court.\nAmended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 785, s. 28, eff. March 19, 1953.","path":["TITLE 44 POOR"],"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":"f2fb82dcde42cc1680905c1af670849bdf9b79310a6315dcb8738718c1500193","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-107","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}