LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF N.J. v. DOE


172 N.J. Super. 343 (1979)

411 A.2d 1183

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. JOHN DOE, AN UNNAMED AND UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL, NATURAL FATHER OF J., DEFENDANT, AND LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. JOHN DOE, AN UNNAMED AND UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL, NATURAL FATHER OF B., DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Probate Part, Camden County.

Decided December 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Egan for plaintiff (Archer, Greiner & Read, attorneys).


TALBOTT, J.S.C.

Lutheran Social Services, an agency licensed by the State to place children for adoption, asks this court to determine whether, in a termination of parental rights proceeding, service by publication upon the natural father of an illegitimate child, where the mother refuses to reveal his identity, is consistent with the requirements of due process. In each of the above cases, the child's mother has surrendered her rights pursuant to N.J.S.A....

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