9:7-3 - Violation of s.s. 9:7-1 and 9:7-2; responsibility for care and maintenance of child - New Jersey Statutes

9:7-3.  Violation of s.s. 9:7-1 and 9:7-2;  responsibility for care and maintenance of child
    Any person, corporation, association or institution, or any officer or agent  thereof, who shall bring, or send, or cause to be brought or sent, or receive  any dependent child into this State, without having first obtained the consent  and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies and furnished an  indemnity bond as herein provided, and any other person who then or later  receives such child for placement in his or her home, shall, both individually  and collectively, be deemed for all purposes responsible for the care, support  and maintenance of such child in the same manner and extent as a parent is  responsible for the care, support and maintenance of a child under the laws of  this State; provided, however, that the sending, bringing or receiving of any dependent child into this State, with or without the consent and approval of  the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, shall not of itself establish  any rights to custody or adoption of such child.

     Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 546, s. 3.