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Rules of NJ ARCH Chat Room

These rules apply to any message boards, chat rooms, e-mail discussion lists, free-email,
or any other community websites or services (“Chat Room”) operated by NJ ARCH.

1.         Personal attacks on individuals or agencies will not be tolerated. Community websites
            are intended to be a positive, safe place for everyone.  If you read a post and your views
            differ please respond in a kind a respectful manner.  Some of the situations posted
            on the forums are complex.  Please express your thoughts respectfully in a manner
            that is helpful and courteous. 

2.          Offensive language is not permitted.

3.          Our Chat Room will be monitored for inappropriate messages and material. 
             NJ ARCH reserves the rights to bar inappropriate participants without warning or explanation.

4.          Any content in Chat Rooms or NJ ARCH websites, does not necessarily express the
             views of NJ ARCH or Children’s Aid and Family Services, Inc. or their employees.

5.          This Chat Room and its related website pages are intended to provide information
              for your own purposes. This information should not be considered to be completely
              error free, nor should it be used as an exclusive basis for decision making.
 

6.          The user understands that if New Jersey Adoption Resource Clearing House (NJ ARCH)
              or Children's Aid and Family Services, Inc. (CAFS) were to accept the risk of harm to
              the user from the use of this information then we would not be able to make the
              information available here because the cost to cover the risks of all harms to all users
              would be too great.   Therefore the use of this information is strictly voluntary and at the
              users sole risk.
 

7.         The Chat Room is not provided with any kind of warranty of accurateness, and you
            agree to not rely upon any such information, but instead will first consult with a competent
            adoption professional, medical professional or other professional necessary to verify the
            validity of such content.   

8.        Chat Rooms are NOT places for adoptive parents or adoption

            Professionals to solicit birthparents.  NJ ARCH is committed to making the community
            websites places where birthparents feel safe. It is not appropriate for adoption
            professionals or hopeful parents to post “I can help” messages, or internet addresses
            for birthmothers to visit, or to send this type of e-mail to birthmothers.

9.         Conversely, it is not appropriate for birthparents to use the Chat Room to solicit
            adoptive parents. Are you pregnant and considering adoption?  We strongly recommend
            that you do not select adoptive parents or an adoption professional from the website.
            We have no way of knowing which parents on the message board or other community
            services are qualified to adopt, and which professionals are reputable.

10.       We strongly recommend that you visit the Resources section of our website which lists
            all of the licensed adoption agencies in New Jersey.  Any of these agencies can assist
            you with options planning.

11.      No advertising or soliciting of any type of product or service is permitted in the
            Chat Room.

12.       By using the Chat Room you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the rules
            as stated herein.
 

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By clicking the AGREE button, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are
obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violation of any laws.