9:6-8.19 - Notice to parents or guardian; visitation rights; limitation on period - New Jersey Statutes

9:6-8.19.  Notice to parents or guardian;  visitation rights; limitation on  period
    a.  The Bureau of Children's Services or its successor, the Division of Youth and Family Services, shall immediately after the receipt of such report, and after making a determination to take the child into protective custody, shall serve or attempt to serve, written notice upon the parents or guardian that the said child has been taken into protective custody. The notice shall contain a statement of the maximum duration of the protective custody and the location of the child during protective custody.

    b.  The parents or guardian of a child in protective custody may, upon request and in the reasonable discretion of the physician, director, or his designate, or appropriate official of the Bureau of Children's Services, or its  successor, the Division of Youth and Family Services, visit the said child,  provided that the life or health of the child will not be endangered by such  visit.

    c.  The entire period of protective custody shall not exceed 3 court days. The protective custody may be terminated earlier at the discretion of the reporting physician, director or appropriate official of the Bureau of Children's Services or its successor, the Division of Youth and Family Services, or upon order of the court.

     L.1973, c. 147, s. 4, eff. May 24, 1973.