2A:4-30.87 - Verification of complaint, petition, pleadings; contents - New Jersey Statutes

2A:4-30.87  Verification of complaint, petition, pleadings; contents.

23.  a.  A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under this act shall verify the complaint, petition or comparable pleading.  Unless otherwise ordered under section 24 of this act, the complaint, petition or comparable pleading or accompanying documents shall provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of  each child for whom support is sought.  The complaint, petition or comparable pleading shall be accompanied by a certified copy of any support order in effect.  The complaint, petition or comparable pleading may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.

b.The complaint, petition or comparable pleading shall specify the relief sought.  The complaint, petition or comparable pleading and accompanying documents shall conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.

L.1998,c.2,s.23.