Rule 5:18-1. Petition for Out-of-Home Placement; Temporary Placement

(a) When Petition May Be Filed The Court Intake Services may petition the court for out-of-home placement where, after exhaustion of crisis intervention services and appropriate community services, the juvenile refuses to stay or return home, or the juvenile's parents or guardians refuse to permit the juvenile to stay or return home, or the physical safety of the juvenile is threatened, or the juvenile is in need of immediate care available only by a use of out-of-home placement and in addition to any one of the foregoing, the juvenile's parents or guardians do not agree to an alternate living arrangement for the juvenile in a suitable family setting which is proposed by the Court Intake Services. The petition shall state what appropriate community services have been attempted and the reasons why such services have not proved successful.

(b) Temporary Placement Prior to the court's disposition of an out-of-home placement petition, the Court Intake Services may make a temporary out-of-home placement of the juvenile pursuant to and in accordance with N.J.S. 2A:4A-88.

(c) Form of Petition The petition in out-of-home placement actions shall be captioned "The State of New Jersey in the Interest of the Family of __________," and shall be made under oath and in the form prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts.