N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:21-3.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 3A:21-3.2 - Additional procedures

(a) The Division representative shall give the parent a copy of all documents signed by the parent and those documents read to the parent during the surrender of parental rights procedure.

(b) The Division representative shall document the surrender of parental rights for the child's case record including the questions asked by the parent along with the answers provided by the Division representative or by any witness present.

(c) The Division representative shall obtain, to the extent possible and necessary, each birth certificate, marriage or civil union certificate, domestic partnership affidavit, divorce or dissolution of a civil union or domestic partnership decree, death certificate, affidavit and document related to the surrender of parental rights.

(d) The Division representative shall advise the parent of the Division's Adoption Registry, the document of contact preference which may be submitted to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:8-40.34, and of any laws or procedures regarding the confidentiality of records related to surrender of parental rights or adoption, including, but not limited to, N.J.S.A. 9:3-52 and 26:8-40.1.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:21-3.2

Amended by R.2003 d.39, effective 1/21/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 1241(a), 35 N.J.R. 405(b).
Inserted "representative" following "Division" and substituted "surrender" for "voluntary termination" throughout.
Amended by R.2008 d.191, effective 7/21/2008.
See: 40 N.J.R. 587(a), 40 N.J.R. 4320(c).
In (b), substituted "witness" for "of the witnesses"; and in (c), inserted "or civil union", "domestic partnership affidavit,", "or dissolution of a civil union" and "or domestic partnership".
Amended by R.2016 d.006, effective 1/19/2016.
See: 47 N.J.R. 1862(a), 48 N.J.R. 138(a).
Rewrote (d).