OPRA Requests
ASK NJ Media made this OPRA request to New Jersey Division of Children & Families This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear New Jersey Division of Children & Families,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I certify under penalty of NJSA 2C:28-3 that I have not been convicted of an indictable offense. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
I'm requesting copies of all OPRA requests from August 1, 2017 to November 20, 2017.
Yours faithfully,
ASK NJ Media Co.
Dear ASK NJ Media Co.:
The following are the files responsive to your request for “copies of all
OPRA requests from August 1, 2017 to November 20, 2017.”
Attached are the files responsive to your request. Please note that some
of the records have been redacted in accordance with the following.
OPRA requests with no redactions:
W123503
W123504
W123602
W123623
W124414
W124643
W125257
W125795
W126382
W126384
Requests with redactions pursuant to: N.J.S.A. § 9:6-8.10a: “All records
of abuse/neglect reports and all information obtained by the Division in
investigating such reports are confidential.” (Effectuated by N.J.S.A. §
47:1A-9.a) and N.J.A.C. § 3A:3. See also N.J.S.A. § 9:3-40: “[DCF] shall
maintain the confidentiality of all information in all client case
records, including those of the child, birth parents, foster parents,
adoptive parents, adult adoptees and all other persons residing in the
adoptive parents' home, except by court order:”
C125928
W123693
W123812
C126473
W123963
W124301
W124308
W125334
W125477
W126477
W126897
Requests with redactions pursuant to: Wolosky v. Somerset County, New
Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, A-1024-15T4 (decided March 30,
2017, unpublished opinion): “[R]edaction of home addresses, personal
e-mail addresses and home telephone numbers, are proper both under OPRA
and the common law:”
C126003
W123693
W123963
W124902
W125504
W125890
W126056
W126180
W126181
W126182
W126526
W126527
W126832
W126891
W126957
W124778
Also attached is a receipt closing your request. There is no charge. Thank
you.
Catherine Schafer, Esq.
OPRA Custodian
NJ Dept. of Children & Families
609-888-7730
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