{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-3-43.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 9:3-43.2","heading":"Force of final judgment of adoption in a foreign jurisdiction, certain circumstances.","body":"2.\tA final judgment of adoption granted by a judicial, administrative or executive body of a jurisdiction or country other than the United States shall have the same force and effect in this State as that given to a judgment of adoption entered by another state, without additional proceedings or documentation if:\na.\tthe adopting parent is a resident of this State; and\nb.\tthe validity of the foreign adoption has been verified by the granting of an IR-3 immigrant visa, or a successor immigrant visa, for the child by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.\nL.2005,c.81,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":"a4fa5eba7b60090d8592c02dc029a30aedcfd75933260ff17783ad1c5951c080","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-3-43.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-3-44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}