In re Hudson County Probation Department

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MATTHEWS, P. J. A. D.

The Freeholders of Hudson County appeal from a final decision of the Civil Service Commission issued on March 18, 1980 which held that persons hired as investigators in the county’s Probation Department pursuant to Title IV, Part D of the 1975 amendments to the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 651 et seq., are “permanent" Civil Service employees and accordingly are subject to the provisions of N.J.S.A., Title 11 (Civil Service).

Part D of the Social Security Act, entitled “Child Support and Establishment of Paternity” (42 U.S.C.A.…