Rule 5:13-5.Reviews of Children in Placement; Court Orders; Submission of Placement Plan
Last amended September 1, 2017 · Current through September 1, 2026 · Last verified September 8, 2026
Full Text of Rule 5:13-5
Amendment History
New Jersey publishes each rule’s amendment record in a “Note” beneath the rule. It is reproduced verbatim below; a “Source” line names the former rule the current one grew out of, and “R. (1969)” citations refer to the earlier numbering it replaced.
Note: Source-R. (1969) 5:7B(e). Adopted December 20, 1983, to be effective December 31, 1983; amended November 5, 1986 to be effective January 1, 1987; caption amended, text amended and designated as paragraph (b), paragraph (b) caption adopted, and new paragraph (a) caption and text adopted July 9, 2013 to be effective September 1, 2013; paragraph (a) caption and text amended and paragraph (b) amended July 28, 2017 to be effective September 1, 2017.
Plain-English Summary
Every child placed by the Division gets an enhanced review, initiated 60 days after placement, conducted by the child placement review board acting on the court's behalf. The board collects information on a prescribed form and, on completing the review, makes recommendations to the court on another.
The Division has its own deadline running in parallel: a placement plan submitted to the court within 30 days of the date of placement.
Information moves in both directions. Orders placing a child in the Division's custody that were entered before the enhanced review are provided by the court to the board. Where the placement resulted from a court order, notice of the enhanced review is made available to all counsel and self-represented parties with related matters pending in the Family Part — and they receive timely notice of all subsequent proceedings and orders under the Act relating to that litigation.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the first placement review board review?
An enhanced review initiated 60 days after placement, in all cases involving a child placed by the Division.
When must the Division file a placement plan?
Within 30 days of the date of placement.
Do the lawyers in a related case find out about the review?
Where the placement is the result of a court order, notice of the enhanced 60-day review is made available to all counsel or self-represented parties with related matters pending before the Family Part, and they receive timely notice of subsequent proceedings and orders.