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IN RE PROMULGATION OF GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES REG.

103 N.J. 619 (1986)

512 A.2d 453

IN RE PROMULGATION OF GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES REGULATIONS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Robinson, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, argued the cause for appellant Public Advocate (Alfred E. Slocum, Public Advocate, attorney).

Carol L. Widemon, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Retardation (W. Cary Edwards, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; James J. Ciancia, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Susan R. Oxford, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

It has long been recognized that freedom of personal choice in matters of family life is one of the liberties protected by the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. Zablocki v. Redhail, 434 U.S. 374, 385, 98 S.Ct. 673, 680, 54 L.Ed.2d 618, 630 (1978) (quoting Cleveland Bd. of Educ...

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