New Jersey § 52:4b-2

§ 52:4b-2.

As used in P.L.1971, c. 317: “ Agency ” means the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency; “ Child ” means an unmarried person who is under 21 years of age and includes a stepchild

or an adopted child; “ Dependent ” means a relative of a deceased victim who was wholly or partially dependent upon

the victim's income at the time of the victim's death and shall include the child

of a victim born after the victim's death; “ Legal assistance ” means assistance provided to a crime victim in the enforcement of victim's rights

in all courts; family law matters, including, but not limited to, child protection

actions, divorce, custody, parenting time, child support, emancipation, dependency,

guardianship, and family reunification; obtaining protective and restraining orders;

employment matters, including, but not limited to, wage and hour claims; accessing

public benefits; life planning; and any other situation for which an eligible crime

victim needs legal services related to the victimization; “ Personal injury ” means actual bodily harm and includes pregnancy and mental or nervous shock; “ Relative ” of any person means the person's spouse, parent, grandparent, stepfather, stepmother,

child, grandchild, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, or parent of the person's

spouse; “ Relevant evidence ” means evidence having a tendency in reason to prove or disprove any fact of consequences

to the determination of the action and that is deemed to be admissible under the rules

of evidence and does not include rumor, supposition, and speculation, hearsay or opinion,

except as otherwise deemed admissible under the rules of evidence; “ Review Board ” or “ board ” means the Victims of Crime Compensation Review Board established by section 2 of P.L.2007, c. 95 ( C.52:4B-3.2 ); “ Victim ” means a person who suffers personal, physical, or psychological injury or death

as a result of the conduct of another person who commits against that person any of

the offenses specified in section 11 of P.L.1971, c. 317 ( C.52:4B-11 ) or an act by a juvenile, which if committed by an adult, would constitute a violation

of any of these offenses. The term shall include, in the case of a criminal homicide or an act by a juvenile

which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a criminal homicide, the spouse,

parent, legal guardian, grandparent, child, sibling, domestic or civil union partner

of the decedent, or parent of the decedent's child; “ Victims of Crime Compensation Office ” or “ office ” means the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency established pursuant to P.L.1971,

c. 317 ( C.52:4B-1 et seq. ) which is continued as the Victims of Crime Compensation Office pursuant to P.L.2007, c. 95 ( C.52:4B-3.2 et al.) and Reorganization Plan No. 001-2008 and allocated to the Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance pursuant

to section 4 of P.L.2023, c. 167 ( C.52:4B-60.7 ) .