IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF J.C., J.C., AND J.M.C., MINORS.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 3, 1991.
Decided June 30, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kathleen E. Kitson argued the cause for appellant A.C. (Timothy K. Madden, Director, Hudson County Legal Services Corp., attorney; Kathleen E. Kitson and Claudette L. St. Romain, of counsel and on the brief).
Lauren Fleischer Carlton, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Lauren Fleischer Carlton and Geraldine O. Livengood, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).
John D. Frederickson argued the cause for respondents J.C., J.C., and J.M.C. (Carmel, Daub & Frederickson, attorneys).
Nancy Goldhill, Senior Attorney, argued the cause for amicus curiae Legal Services of New Jersey (Melville D. Miller, Jr., President, attorney).
Lawrence S. Lustberg argued the cause for amicus curiae The New Jersey Women's Resource Panel on Substance Abuse (Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, attorneys; Lawrence S. Lustberg and John V. Jacobi, on the brief).
Cecilia M. Zalkind submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Association for Children of New Jersey (Cecelia M. Zalkind, attorney; Cecelia M. Zalkind and Shirley Brandman, of counsel and on the brief).
Carl C. Bowman on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey State Child Placement Advisory Council joined in the brief submitted by amicus curiae Association for Children of New Jersey.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by HANDLER, J.
The State may seek guardianship of a child placed in foster care if it believes that the child has been abandoned by his or her natural parents or would suffer injury if returned to them. Transferring guardianship to the State terminates all the parental rights of the natural parents and is a prerequisite to having the child adopted by the foster parents or by another family. The Court in this case, as in the companion...
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