New Jersey · statute · N.J. Stat. tit. 2A · 2,415 active provisions
In every county in which there are or may be 2 or more judges of the county court, all appointments to such judgeships shall be made in such manner that the appointees shall be, as nearly as possible, in equal numbers, members of different political parties, so as to constitute the county court in any such county bipar…
1. This act may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act."
2. Definitions. As used in this act: a. "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. b. "Child support order" means a support o…
3. State tribunal and support enforcement agency. a. The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part is the tribunal of this State. b. The Probation Division of the Superior Court and the State IV-D Agency are the support enforcement agencies of this State.
4. Remedies cumulative. a. Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. b. This act does not: (1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law o…
5. Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. a. A tribunal of this State shall apply Articles 1 through 6 of this act and, as applicable, Article 7 of this act, to a support proceeding involving: (1) a foreign support order; (2) a foreign tribunal; or (3) an obligee, obligor, or…
6. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. a. In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if: (1) the individual is personally served w…
7. Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in a proceeding under this act or other law of this State relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to en…
8. Initiating and responding tribunal of state. Under this act, a tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
9. Simultaneous proceedings. a. A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if: (1) the petition or comparable pleading in this State is filed before the expiration of…
10. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. a. A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and: (1) at the…
11. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. a. A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: (1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been…
12. Determination of controlling child support order. a. If a proceeding is brought under this act and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls and shall be recognized. b. If a proceeding is brought under this act, and two or more child support orders have been issued by t…
13. Child support orders for two or more obligees. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign co…
14. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this State, another state, or a foreign coun…
15. Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this act, under other law of this State relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this St…
16. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order. a. A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation. b. A tribunal of this S…
17. Proceedings under act. a. Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act. b. An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tr…
18. Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
19. Application of law of State. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a responding tribunal of this State shall: a. apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this State and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and…
20. Duties of initiating tribunal. a. Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal of this State shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents: (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or (2) if the identity of the resp…
21. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. a. When a responding tribunal of this State receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection b. of section 17 of this act, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when i…
22. Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this State or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
23. Duties of support enforcement agency. a. In a proceeding under this act, a support enforcement agency of this State, upon request: (1) shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state; (2) shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as descri…
24. Duty of the Attorney General. a. If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General may: (1) when the support enforcement agency is the Probation Division of the Superior Court, apply to the Superior Court for a…