9:17-39 - Parent and child relationship defined
9:17-39. Parent and child relationship defined As used in this act, "parent and child relationship" means the legal relationship existing between a child and the child's natural or adoptive parents, incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties, and obligations. It includes the mother and child relationship and the father and child relationship.
L.1983, c. 17, s. 2.