30:4C-29.1 Liability for maintenance costs.
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1. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.5)
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.5)
c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.5)
d. In any case in which the Department of Children and Families, through the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, has agreed to provide youth facilities aid to a public, private, or voluntary agency pursuant to P.L.1962, c.142 (C.30:4C-29.1 et seq.), the division shall have a lien against the property of any person, persons, or agency so contracting, in an amount equal to the amount or amounts so contracted to be paid, which lien shall have priority over all unrecorded encumbrances.
The lien shall be reduced for each year of service provided by the agency at a rate to be negotiated by the division and the agency, but in no case more than 20 percent a year, provided, however, that annual reductions shall not exceed $10,000.
e. Any current child support obligation or any unpaid outstanding arrears balance of a court-ordered child support obligation owed to the division, on or before the effective date of P.L.2025, c.5 (C.30:4C-29a et al.), as reimbursement for maintenance costs incurred while a child was in the care or custody of the division shall be unenforceable and uncollectable, and any portion of a judgment that imposes fees shall be vacated.
f. All unsatisfied civil judgments, on or before the effective date of P.L.2025, c.5 (C.30:4C-29a et al.), based on a court-ordered child support obligation to reimburse the division for maintenance costs incurred while a child was in the care or custody of the division are deemed to be null and void and shall be vacated and discharged.
g. All warrants issued, on or before the effective date of P.L.2025, c.5 (C.30:4C-29a et al.), solely based on the alleged failure to pay or to appear on a court date set for the sole purpose of enforcing the obligation owed to the division, including the payment of statutory or court-ordered fines, fees, costs, or other monetary penalties previously assessed or imposed for failure to reimburse the division for the costs of maintenance of the child incurred by the division while a child was in the care or custody of the division shall be reviewed and vacated consistent with the provisions of P.L.2025, c.5 (C.30:4C-29a et al.).
h. Any outstanding liens entered on any and all property to which the defendant shall have or acquire an interest, in accordance with the provisions of subsection e. of section 1 of P.L.1962, c.142, (30:4C-29.1) and in effect immediately prior to the effective date of P.L.2025, c.5 (C.30:4C-29a et al.), are deemed to be null and void and shall be vacated and discharged.
L.1962, c.142, s.1; amended 1964, c.102, s.21; 1979, c.309, s.4; 1985, c.8, s.4; 2004, c.130, s.80; 2006, c.47, s.140; 2012, c.16, s.93; 2025, c.5, s.3.