NJ A1471

Requires courts making parenting time determinations to consider four additional factors: attempts by a parent to turn the child against the other parent, likelihood each parent will permit contact with the other parent, past and present caretaking duties performed by each parent, and which parent is more likely to ensure the child's health and safety.

Mandates that courts consider negative impacts of prolonged custody proceedings on children and make determinations without delay when child custody and child abuse proceedings occur simultaneously involving the same child.

Expands Administrative Office of the Courts training programs for judges and court personnel to include child abuse topics such as sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, implicit and explicit bias, trauma, neglect, maltreatment, and evidence-based research from recognized experts.

Requires Family Part judges to biennially review training materials on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) developed by the Administrative Office of the Courts and Department of Children and Families to make trauma-informed determinations in juvenile proceedings.

Allows courts to direct children with reported abuse to regional diagnostic and treatment centers for evaluation by specialists in addressing medical and mental health needs of abused children.