Rules of Court · Part 5 · New Jersey
R. 5:13-5 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 5:13-5: Reviews of Children in Placement; Court Orders; Submission of Placement Plan, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Reviews of Children in Placement; Court Orders; Submission of Placement Plan
(a) Enhanced Initial Reviews. In all cases involving a child placed by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency ("Division"), the child placement review board shall act on the court's behalf by conducting an enhanced review initiated 60 days after placement, which includes the collection of information to be entered on a form prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts. Upon completion of the enhanced 60-day review, the board shall make its recommendations to the court on a form prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts.
(b) Court Orders; Placement Plans. All orders entered by the court prior to the enhanced 60-day review by the child placement review board placing a child in the custody of the Division pursuant to N.J.S. 9:6-8.54, N.J.S. 30:4C-12, N.J.S. 2A:4A-43 or N.J.S. 2A:4A-46 shall be provided by the court to the board. The Division shall submit a placement plan to the court within 30 days of the date of placement. In any case in which the placement is the result of a court order, the notice of the enhanced 60-day child placement review shall be made available to all counsel or parties appearing pro se who have related matters pending before the Family Part of Superior Court. In addition, counsel or parties appearing pro se shall receive timely notice of all subsequent proceedings and orders under the Child Placement Review Act relating to that litigation.
Note: Source-R. (1969) 5:7B(e). Adopted December 20, 1983, to be effective December 31, 1983; amended November 5, 1986 to be effective January 1, 1987; caption amended, text amended and designated as paragraph (b), paragraph (b) caption adopted, and new paragraph (a) caption and text adopted July 9, 2013 to be effective September 1, 2013; paragraph (a) caption and text amended and paragraph (b) amended July 28, 2017 to be effective September 1, 2017.
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rule 5:13-5 "Reviews of Children in Placement; Court Orders; Submission of Placement Plan" {
(a) Enhanced Initial Reviews. In all cases involving a child placed by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency ("Division"), the child placement review board shall act on the court's behalf by conducting an enhanced review initiated 60 days after placement, which includes the collection of information to be entered on a form prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts. Upon completion of the enhanced 60-day review, the board shall make its recommendations to the court on a form prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts.
(b) Court Orders; Placement Plans. All orders entered by the court prior to the enhanced 60-day review by the child placement review board placing a child in the custody of the Division pursuant to N.J.S. 9:6-8.54, N.J.S. 30:4C-12, N.J.S. 2A:4A-43 or N.J.S. 2A:4A-46 shall be provided by the court to the board. The Division shall submit a placement plan to the court within 30 days of the date of placement. In any case in which the placement is the result of a court order, the notice of the enhanced 60-day child placement review shall be made available to all counsel or parties appearing pro se who have related matters pending before the Family Part of Superior Court. In addition, counsel or parties appearing pro se shall receive timely notice of all subsequent proceedings and orders under the Child Placement Review Act relating to that litigation.
Note: Source-R. (1969) 5:7B(e). Adopted December 20, 1983, to be effective December 31, 1983; amended November 5, 1986 to be effective January 1, 1987; caption amended, text amended and designated as paragraph (b), paragraph (b) caption adopted, and new paragraph (a) caption and text adopted July 9, 2013 to be effective September 1, 2013; paragraph (a) caption and text amended and paragraph (b) amended July 28, 2017 to be effective September 1, 2017.
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source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-18; corpus harvested 2026-09-02
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