{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-17-39","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 9:17-39","heading":"Parent and child relationship defined.","body":"2.\tAs used in P.L.1983, c.17 (C.9:17-38 et seq.), \"parent and child relationship\" means the legal relationship existing between a child and the child's natural or adoptive parents, between a child and the child's co-parents pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2019, c.323 (C.9:17-69 et al.), or between the child and the child's intended parents pursuant to a gestational carrier agreement executed in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2018, c.18 (C.9:17-60 et al.), incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties, and obligations.  It includes the mother and child relationship and the father and child relationship.\nL.1983, c.17, s.2; amended 2018, c.18, s.10; 2019, c.323, s.4.","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":"d23f5650212afada34815fa43dff27ac2b4555a2bc4f71fa4d8f4ab9c7219bdc","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-17-38","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-17-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}