Chapter 209C - CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK

Section 209C:1 - Declaration of purpose; definition; responsibility for support of children born out of wedlock
Section 209C:2 - Paternity; acknowledgment or adjudication; statistical information of parties; transmission to registrar
Section 209C:3 - Paternity and support actions; jurisdiction; enforcement of prior orders or judgments; juvenile court commitment proceedings; parents convicted of first degree murder
Section 209C:4 - Venue; service
Section 209C:5 - Persons entitled to maintain actions or execute voluntary acknowledgment of parentage; parties
Section 209C:6 - Presumption of paternity; mandatory joinder
Section 209C:7 - Representation in paternity actions; appointment of counsel; burden of proof
Section 209C:8 - Judgment of paternity; age of father or mother; notice
Section 209C:9 - Judgment or order for support; health insurance; financial statement; determination of amount; notice
Section 209C:10 - Award of custody; criteria
Section 209C:11 - Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity; force and effect; rescission; parental agreements regarding custody, support and visitation
Section 209C:12 - Trial; exclusion of public
Section 209C:13 - Inspection of paternity documents; segregation of records
Section 209C:14 - Complaints brought prior to birth
Section 209C:15 - Temporary orders; enforcement; information required to be given to petitioner; domestic violence record search
Section 209C:16 - Competency to testify; refusal to testify; costs of tests; admissibility of evidence
Section 209C:17 - Genetic marker tests; affidavit; refusal to submit to test; costs
Section 209C:18 - Judgments or orders of support; enforcement
Section 209C:19 - Judgment or temporary order of support; enforcement
Section 209C:20 - Modification of judgments; jurisdiction
Section 209C:21 - Action to determine mother and child relationship
Section 209C:22 - Proceedings barred under this chapter
Section 209C:23 - Intermarriage of parents; jurisdiction
Section 209C:24 - Forms