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A.D. v. FRANCO

297 N.J. Super. 1 (1993)

A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. LEONARD FRANCO, ESQ., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. CHRISTIAN M. HANSEN, M.D. AND DYFS, DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNIT, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL JOAN HOLLERAN WALSACK AND W. CARY EDWARDS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. MCCABE AMBULANCE SERVICE AND MICKEY MCCABE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. THE DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, AND DIRECTOR THOMAS BLATNER, AND ACTING DIRECTOR WILLIAM WALDMAN, AND THE BAYONNE DYFS AGENCY, AND THE ADOPTION RESOURCE CENTER; ALSO LIANA MOLINA, VALERIE KELLY, STEPHEN JUNG, ANNECIA NORWOOD, MARISO NARANJO, LEONA HEINRICH, SUSAN DONNELLY, LILLIAN BRENNAN, SCOTT SEMMEL, LEA MCGOUGH, EILEEN PHELAN, ROBERT RUBINSKI(Y), ANDREA TORRES, ARLENE JAKUVIK AND JOHN TANGEMAN, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. JOSEPH APICELLA, ESQ., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. JOSEPH CONTALDI, ESQ., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. JUDGE J. LEONARD HORNSTEIN, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. CITY OF BAYONNE AND BAYONNE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. THOMAS HARTLEY, ESQ., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. WENDY MATTHEWS, PhD., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. DREW ALTMAN, COMMISSIONER, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. A.D. AND J.D., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. HAMID MOUSSAVIAN, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.D. and J.D., appellants, have filed pro se briefs.

Respondent's brief in A-2997-89T5 has been suppressed. Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General, attorney for respondents (Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief in A-2998, 2999, 3001, 3002, 3005, and 3010-89T5).

Garrity, Fitzpatrick, Graham, Hawkins & Favetta, attorneys for respondents (Michael B. Adelhock, on the brief in A-3000-89T5).

Zulima V. Farber, Public Defender, attorney for respondents (Diana Johnston, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief in A-3003, 3004 and 3007-89T5).

City of Bayonne Law Department, attorneys for respondents (John F. Coffey, II, Assistant City Attorney, on the brief in A-3006-89T5).

Francis & Berry, attorneys for respondent (Evelyn C. Farkas and Peter A. Olsen, on the brief in A-3009-89T5).

Shanley & Fisher, attorneys for respondent (Richard E. Brennan, of counsel; Peter O. Hughes, on the brief in A-3011-89T5).

Before Judges PRESSLER, MUIR, Jr. and KESTIN.

PER CURIAM.

These fourteen appeals, which we now consolidate for purposes of this opinion, arise out of proceedings brought by the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) to obtain custody of the children of appellants, followed by proceedings to terminate appellants' parental rights. After more than three years of litigation, a final judgment was entered in April 1988 terminating appellants' parental rights to six of their seven children. During and after

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