Bonding with a Newborn or Newly Adopted Child

[elleng]

FYI. Just learned about this from my daughter, who's in NJ and expecting soon.

You can claim Family Leave Insurance benefits to:

Bond with a newborn child during the first 12 months after the child’s birth. You, your spouse, your domestic partner or your civil union partner must be the biological parent of the child.

Bond with an adopted child during the first 12 months after the child’s placement.

A bonding leave claim must be for a period of more than seven consecutive days, unless the employer permits the leave to be taken in non-consecutive periods. In this case, each non-consecutive leave period must be at least seven days.

If you are taking intermittent leave for bonding, you and your employer must agree to the intermittent schedule.


http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/fli/content/bonding.html

[hollysmom]

1. very nice, but

I would expect bonding with an adopted child is important as well.
I wish your daughter well and to enjoy her bonding time. It will be a sweet time