30:4-25.5 Court order for care and custody of eligible minors.
17. Whenever an eligible minor with a developmental disability is found to be neglected or delinquent under any of the statutes of this State pertaining to juvenile delinquency or to abandonment, abuse, cruelty, or neglect of children, the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part having jurisdiction may accompany its application under Class H for admission of the minor to functional services of the department with an order placing the aforesaid minor under the care and custody of the commissioner.
L.1965, c.59, s.17; amended 1991, c.91, s.313; 2010, c.50, s.36.