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N.J. Stat. § 9:17B-2 (2026)

Status of 18 to 21-year-olds

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The Legislature by this act does not intend to:

a. Effect the release from confinement or transfer from one institution to another of a person attaining age 18 rather than 21 years;

b. Affect the right of a court to exercise its discretion in not sentencing a person between 18 and 21 years of age to a State prison;

c. Alter the right of persons under 20 years of age to be eligible for enrollment in public schools;

d. Alter the provisions of the uniform laws relative to gifts or transfers to minors;

e. Alter the provisions of N.J.S. 2A:14-21 with respect to the time within which a person under 21 years of age on January 1, 1973 may commence an action or make an entry under a cause or right accrued prior to said date;

f. Alter the provision of services pursuant to the laws relating to dependent and neglected children, allocated to chapter 4C of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes (C. 30:4C-1 to 30:4C-44), to persons between 18 and 21 years of age who seek to avail themselves of such services and who are enrolled in a school or training program below college level or who require a course of treatment for emotionally, cognitively or physically disabled persons.

P.L. 1972, c. 81, s.2; amended 1972, c.206, s.1; 1987,c.18,s.2.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2015–2019 · leading case: Dcpp Vs. Y.R. & J.d.r., in the Matter of the Guardianship of J.R. (fg-12-0063-17, Middlesex Cnty. & Statewide) (record Impounded) (Consol.) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2019).
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Dcpp Vs. Y.R. & J.d.r., in the Matter of the Guardianship of J.R. (fg-12-0063-17, Middlesex Cnty. & Statewide) (record Impounded) (Consol.) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2019). “to persons between [eighteen] and [twenty-one] years of age who seek to avail themselves of such services and .”
O.Y.P.C. v. J.C.P. (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2015). “See also N.J.S.A. 9:17B-2(f) (declaring that the Legislature did not intend to "[a]lter the provision of services pursuant to the laws relating to dependent and neglected children [under N.”
N.J. Stat. § 9:17B-2(f): 2 cases
Dcpp Vs. Y.R. & J.d.r., in the Matter of the Guardianship of J.R. (fg-12-0063-17, Middlesex Cnty. & Statewide) (record Impounded) (Consol.) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2019). “to persons between [eighteen] and [twenty-one] years of age who seek to avail themselves of such services and .”
O.Y.P.C. v. J.C.P. (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2015). “See also N.J.S.A. 9:17B-2(f) (declaring that the Legislature did not intend to "[a]lter the provision of services pursuant to the laws relating to dependent and neglected children [under N.”
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