N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 3A, ch. 23 - ADOPTIONS

  1. Subchapter 1 - ADOPTION SUBSIDY (§ 3A:23-1.1 to 3A:23-1.7)
  2. Subchapter 2 - ADOPTION COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION FEES (REPEALED), version 2 (§ 3A:23-2.1 to 3A:23-2.5)
  3. Subchapter 3 - MEDICAL INFORMATION (REPEALED) (§ 3A:23-3.1)

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 3A, ch. 23
CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
R.2019 d.069, effective 5/23/2019.
See: 51 N.J.R. 131(a), 51 N.J.R. 985(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 121, Adoptions, was filed and became effective prior to 9/1/1969.
Subchapter 3, Adoption Complaint Investigation Fees, was adopted as R.1975 d.15, effective 2/6/1975. See: 7 N.J.R. 58(c).
Subchapter 4, Release of Criminal History Record Information, was adopted as R.1979 d.119, effective 3/19/1979. See: 10 N.J.R. 543(a), 11 N.J.R. 248(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 3, Adoption Complaint Investigation Fees, was readopted as R.1983 d.509, effective 11/7/1983. See: 15 N.J.R. 1341(a), 15 N.J.R. 1865(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 4, Release of Criminal HISTORY Record Information, was readopted as R.1984 d.88, effective 3/13/1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 119(b), 16 N.J.R. 730(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 121, Adoptions, expired on 3/13/1989.
Chapter 121, Adoptions, was adopted as new rules by R.1990 d.344, effective 7/16/1990. See: 21 N.J.R. 3047(b), 22 N.J.R. 2172(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 121, Adoptions, was readopted as R.1995 d.360, effective 6/12/1995. See: 27 N.J.R. 1122(a), 27 N.J.R. 2616(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 121, Adoptions, was readopted as R.2000 d.254, effective 5/24/2000. Subchapter 4, Release of Criminal History Record Information, was repealed, and Subchapter 5, Medical Information Forms, was recodified as Subchapter 4, Medical Information Form, by R.2000 d.254, effective 6/19/2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 741(a), 32 N.J.R. 2239(b).
Chapter 121, Adoptions, was readopted as R.2005 d.439, effective 11/18/2005. As a part of R.2005 d.439, former Subchapter 1, Approval of Agencies Desiring to Place Children in New Jersey, was repealed; former Subchapter 2, Adoption Subsidy, was recodified as Subchapter 1; former Subchapter 3, Adoption Complaint Investigation Fees, was recodified as Subchapter 2; and former Subchapter 4, Medical Information, was recodified as Subchapter 3, effective 12/19/2005. See: 37 N.J.R. 1938(a), 37 N.J.R. 5001(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 121, Adoptions, was scheduled to expire on 5/17/2013. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 121, Adoptions, was readopted as R.2012 d.005, effective 12/7/2011. See: 42 N.J.R. 3030(a), 44 N.J.R. 83(b).
Chapter 23, Adoptions, was recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:121, Adoptions, by administrative change, effective 1/3/2017. As part of the recodification, attendant technical changes were made to the rule text concerning cross-references, agency names, addresses, etc. See: 49 N.J.R. 98(a).
Subchapter 2, Adoption Complaint Investigation Fees, and Subchapter 3, Medical Information, were repealed by R.2017 d.207, effective 12/4/2017. See: 49 N.J.R. 2316(a), 49 N.J.R. 3669(c).
Chapter 23, Adoptions, was readopted as R.2019 d.069, effective 5/23/2019. See: Source and Effective Date. See, also, section annotations.

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 9:3-54.1, 9:3A-7.f, 30:4C-4(h), and 30:4C-49.

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