30:4C-12.2 - Resource family parent, relative, notice; right to be heard

30:4C-12.2  Resource family parent, relative, notice; right to be heard.

28.In any case in which the Division of Youth and Family Services accepts a child in its care or custody, the child's resource family parent or relative providing care for the child, as applicable, shall receive written notice of, and shall have a right to be heard at, any review or hearing held with respect to the child, but the resource family parent or relative shall not be made a party to the review or hearing solely on the basis of the notice and right to be heard.

L.1999, c.53, s.28; amended 2004, c.130, s.54; 2007, c.228, s.2.