{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-2-4a","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 9:2-4a","heading":"Best interest of child primary consideration.","body":"4.\tNotwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, in any action concerning children undertaken by a State department, agency, commission, authority, court of law, or State or local legislative body, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.\nL.2015, c.255, 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":"a0e3b6d0c5f367ba892044eb440ea43a6581e13b51df1c2b47f2b76e538bce1d","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-2-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-2-4.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}