{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-1-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 9:1-1","heading":"Equal rights of parents to services and earnings of minor child; action for injuries to child","body":"The father and mother of a minor child are equally entitled to its services  and earnings.  If one of the parents be dead, has abandoned the child, or has  been deprived of its custody by direction of court, the other is entitled to  such services and earnings.\nThe parents jointly may maintain an action for the loss of the wages or services of their minor child when such loss is occasioned by an injury, wrongfully or negligently inflicted upon such child.  If one of the parents be dead, has abandoned the child, has been deprived of its custody by direction of  court or refuses to sue, the other may sue alone.\nNothing contained in this section shall be deemed to supersede, limit, modify or affect the provisions of chapter fifteen of Title 34 (s. 34:15-1 et seq.).\nAmended by L.1953, c. 9, p. 69, s. 1.","path":["TITLE 9 CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS"],"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":"acf4bffa762af33442a0170ae738de92802fbf08c34f5cd3eedc8af384153443","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-7-5-12","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-2-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}