Part 5 · Action for Adoption of a Child
Rule 5:10-9. Order Upon Preliminary Hearing
Amended July 21, 2011 (current)
(a) The rights, duties, privileges and relations theretofore existing between the child and each biological or legal parent or other custodian or guardian theretofore appointed for such child shall be in all respects at an end;
(b) The child may be known by the name proposed in the complaint, except that the birth record shall not be amended pending entry of judgment;
(c) The plaintiff or the plaintiffs may act in their own names in providing for the health and education of the child; and
(d) The plaintiff or plaintiffs shall not remove the child from this State, other than for vacations or temporary visits, except upon order of the court.