DIV. OF YOUTH & FAMILY SERV. v. V.K.


236 N.J. Super. 243 (1989)

565 A.2d 706

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. V.K., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND L.K., DEFENDANT. IN THE MATTER OF J.K. AND V.K., MINORS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V.J.K., appellant, pro se.

Peter N. Perretti, Jr., Attorney General, attorney for respondent (James J. Ciancia, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Modestino Carbone, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Alfred A. Slocum, Public Advocate, attorney for Law Guardian Program (Susan Slaff, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).

Before Judges KING, SHEBELL and KEEFE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by SHEBELL, J.A.D.

Defendant V.J.K. appeals from an order of the Family Part terminating parental rights. We reverse and remand.

On June 8, 1982, the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) brought a complaint against V.J.K. and L.K. for custody of the defendants' two children, J.K. and V.K., whereupon the court ordered that DYFS be granted custody of the two children pending a final order of disposition...

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