N.J. DIV. OF YOUTH & FAMILY SERV. v. HUGGINS


148 N.J. Super. 86 (1977)

371 A.2d 841

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, PLAINTIFF, v. STEPHEN AND JOAN BARDUSCH HUGGINS, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Camden County.

January 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Murray Sufrin and Mr. James Herman for defendant parents (Messrs. Sufrin and Herman, attorneys).

Mr. Norman Rosenblum and Ms. Patty Ann Murphy, of the office of the Public Advocate for Anne Marie, Stephen, Joel, Raymond and William David (Mr. Stanley Van Ness, Public Advocate, attorney).

Mr. Samuel Natal for Joan, Bertha and Charles.

Mrs. Shirley Tolentino and Mr. William Mild, III, Deputy Attornies General, for the Division of Youth and Family Services, Department of Human Services. (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


PAGE, P.J.J.D.R.C.

This action involves allegations of child abuse and neglect of eight children by their natural parents, defendants Stephen and Joan Huggins. It was originally brought by the Division of Youth and Family Services (Division) under the Dodd Act, N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.21 et seq. On April 15, 1976 this court issued an interim order permitting the Division to petition for guardianship, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4C-15(c), 20. The Division subsequently...

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