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NEW JERSEY DIV. OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERV. v. E.B.

137 N.J. 180 (1994)

644 A.2d 1093

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. E.B. AND D.W., DEFENDANTS. IN THE MATTER OF R.J.B., A MINOR.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 24, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Jones, Assistant Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant Office of the Law Guardian Program (Zulima V. Farber, Public Defender, attorney).

Elizabeth Szabo, Staff Attorney, argued the cause for respondent Somerset Sussex Legal Services (Diane K. Smith, Executive Director of Somerset Sussex Legal Services, attorney).

Mary Jane Lembo-Cullen, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Joseph L. Yannotti, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Nancy Goldhill argued the cause for amicus curiae Legal Services of New Jersey (Melville D. Miller, Jr., President, attorney).

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

This appeal concerns a dispute among agencies of government and a public-interest law firm about who should pay for the services of an expert witness required by an indigent defendant in a child-custody action instituted by the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) in the Department of Human Services. The parties before us are Somerset Sussex Legal Services (Legal Services), which represented the indigent...

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