{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-109","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 44:4-109","heading":"Complaint by director of welfare","body":"When a director of welfare having jurisdiction in such cases believes that such desertion or willful refusal or neglect to so provide for any such wife, children or parents, or any of them, will cause the family to become chargeable  as poor persons to any county, he shall make complaint before a court having  jurisdiction in the county where the persons reside or in the place where the  father, husband or child resides.\nAmended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 785, s. 29, 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":"6ce5a3ce915b1f29a533d4936a8978eb66f4a4d09cd0ab394b604544158ae3ff","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-108","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}