Rules of Court · Part 5 · New Jersey
R. 5:17-2 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 5:17-2: Finding, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Finding
When court intake service determines in accordance with R. 5:15-1 that a juvenile-family crisis may exist and that appropriate community services have been exhausted, it shall file a petition with the court for hearing. The court shall review the petition and either schedule a hearing or take other appropriate action. At the hearing the court shall consider all evidence presented by any family member and by the court intake service and shall determine whether a juvenile-family crisis as defined by law exists by a preponderance of evidence. If the court finds that there is insufficient information to allow a determination, it may continue the matter and hold one or more additional hearings.
Note: Source-new. Adopted December 20, 1983, to be effective December 31, 1983; amended November 5, 1986 to be effective January 1, 1987.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 5:17-2 "Finding" {
When court intake service determines in accordance with R. 5:15-1 that a juvenile-family crisis may exist and that appropriate community services have been exhausted, it shall file a petition with the court for hearing. The court shall review the petition and either schedule a hearing or take other appropriate action. At the hearing the court shall consider all evidence presented by any family member and by the court intake service and shall determine whether a juvenile-family crisis as defined by law exists by a preponderance of evidence. If the court finds that there is insufficient information to allow a determination, it may continue the matter and hold one or more additional hearings.
Note: Source-new. Adopted December 20, 1983, to be effective December 31, 1983; amended November 5, 1986 to be effective January 1, 1987.
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referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-18; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 5:17-1 · R. 5:17-3 → · chapter 5:17 · all rules
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