N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:18-1.11 - Division not required to search for or identify parents or reunify birth family

(a) If an exception to the requirement for reasonable efforts to reunify the infant with a parent is established pursuant to 30:4C-11.3, a Division representative shall not be required to initiate action to search for or otherwise identify the parent or birth family of a safe haven infant or attempt to reunify pursuant to 30:4C-15.8. The Division shall place the infant with a potential adoptive parent as soon as possible.

(b) If the Division becomes aware of the identity of the infant's parent, birth family or the person who brought the infant to, and left the infant at, the police station, fire department, ambulance, or hospital emergency department, a Division representative shall consult the Deputy Attorney General to determine a course of action, as specified at N.J.A.C. 3A:18-1.12.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:18-1.11

Administrative Change, 49 N.J.R. 98a. Amended and recodified from 3A:18-1.12 by 50 N.J.R. 133(b), effective 1/2/2018