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XML document 2A:34-72 Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct.
New Jersey Statutes (Unannotated) / NEW JERSEY GENERAL AND PERMANENT STATUTES (UPDATED THROUGH P.L.2023, c.256, and J.R.18) / TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
...  2A: 34-72 Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct. 2A: 34-72 Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct. 20. Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct. a. Except as otherwise provided in section 16 of this act or by other law of this State, if a court of this State has...
... jurisdiction under this act because a person invoking the jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless: (1) the parents and all persons acting as parents have acquiesced in the exercise of jurisdiction; (2) a court of the state otherwise having jurisdiction under sections 13 through 15 of this act determines that this State is a more appropriate forum under section 19 of this act; or (3...

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