STATE DIV. OF YOUTH & FAM. v. T.C.


251 N.J. Super. 419 (1991)

598 A.2d 899

STATE OF NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. T.C. AND I.R., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melanie J. Swade argued the cause for appellant T.C. (Monaghan, Rem & Zeller, attorneys; Melanie J. Swade and Ralph J. Lamparello, on the joint brief).

Ralph J. Lamparello argued the cause for appellant I.R. (Chasan, Leyner, Tarrant & Lamparello, attorneys; Ralph J. Lamparello and Melanie J. Swade, on the joint brief).

Ressie Fuller-Troutman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ressie Fuller-Troutman, on the brief).

Thomas Zammatore, Guardian ad litem, argued the cause for D.C., a minor.

Nancy Goldhill argued the cause on behalf of amicus curiae Legal Services of New Jersey.

Before Judges PRESSLER, SHEBELL and SKILLMAN.


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

T.C. and I.R. appeal from an order of the Family Part, entered pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4C-15, which terminated their parental rights to their daughter, D.C., who, together with her older brother, was taken into protective custody by the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) when she was two and a half years old. This appeal requires us to determine whether the order can be justified largely...

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