{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-2-14","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 9:2-14","heading":"Surrender of child custody;  validity","body":"Except as otherwise provided by law or by order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or by testamentary disposition, no surrender of the custody of a child shall be valid in this State unless made to an approved agency pursuant to the provisions of this act or pursuant to the provisions of a substantially similar law of another State or territory of the United States or of the Dominion of Canada or of one of its provinces.\nL.1955, c. 232, p. 896, s. 2.","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":"77cc3767b09a9a7212303647e5f8ef84bd6087dc81d26bc4d2ce26484149eef5","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-2-13","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-2-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}