30:4C-87 Kinship legal guardianship as alternative disposition.
10. With respect to a complaint initiated by the division pursuant to P.L.1974, c.119 (C.9:6-8.21 et seq.) and section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15):
a. Only the division or the court shall have legal standing to seek a kinship legal guardianship arrangement as an alternative disposition. The parents of the child who is the subject of the complaint may request, with appropriate notice to the division, that the court consider a kinship legal guardianship arrangement as an alternative disposition. If the division agrees to a kinship legal guardianship arrangement as an alternative disposition, the division shall not be required to file a new petition, but may amend the pending complaint in accordance with the Rules of Court.
b. If the court appoints a kinship legal guardian as an alternative disposition, the court shall consider such an appointment as the final disposition of the complaint.
L.2001,c.250,s.10.
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