Rules of Court · Part 5 · New Jersey
R. 5:24-4 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 5:24-4: Order of Disposition, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Order of Disposition
(a) Filing of Order. An order shall be filed in every case indicating the disposition thereof.
(b) Order of Probation or Commitment. If a juvenile is placed on probation or is committed, the order of the court shall have attached thereto a memorandum containing such information as may assist the receiving agency or institution in the treatment of the juvenile. Before a juvenile is committed to a correctional institution a pre-disposition investigation and report or other functional equivalent (such as a Juvenile Intensive Supervision Program (JISP) report or a Violation of Probation summary) shall be made and considered by the court. If the court commits a juvenile to a correctional institution and the maximum authorized term is less than three years the commitment order shall state what the degree of the offense and the sentence maximum would have been had the juvenile committed the offense as an adult.
(c) Expense of Commitment Proceedings and Board. If a juvenile is committed to any institution or referred to the State Diagnostic Center, the judge shall make inquiry as to the ability of the parent or guardian to pay the expense of commitment proceedings and the board of the juvenile, and the judge shall endorse on the order of commitment a statement of the findings in that regard.
Note: Source-R.R.. (1969) 5:9-10(a), (b), (c). Adopted December 20, 1983, to be effective December 31, 1983; paragraph (c) amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; paragraph (b) amended July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2004.
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rule 5:24-4 "Order of Disposition" {
(a) Filing of Order. An order shall be filed in every case indicating the disposition thereof.
(b) Order of Probation or Commitment. If a juvenile is placed on probation or is committed, the order of the court shall have attached thereto a memorandum containing such information as may assist the receiving agency or institution in the treatment of the juvenile. Before a juvenile is committed to a correctional institution a pre-disposition investigation and report or other functional equivalent (such as a Juvenile Intensive Supervision Program (JISP) report or a Violation of Probation summary) shall be made and considered by the court. If the court commits a juvenile to a correctional institution and the maximum authorized term is less than three years the commitment order shall state what the degree of the offense and the sentence maximum would have been had the juvenile committed the offense as an adult.
(c) Expense of Commitment Proceedings and Board. If a juvenile is committed to any institution or referred to the State Diagnostic Center, the judge shall make inquiry as to the ability of the parent or guardian to pay the expense of commitment proceedings and the board of the juvenile, and the judge shall endorse on the order of commitment a statement of the findings in that regard.
Note: Source-R.R.. (1969) 5:9-10(a), (b), (c). Adopted December 20, 1983, to be effective December 31, 1983; paragraph (c) amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; paragraph (b) amended July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2004.
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source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-16; corpus harvested 2026-09-02
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