S.R. v. DIV. OF YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES


710 A.2d 542 (1998)

311 N.J. Super. 431

S.R., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIVISION OF YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES, R.V.D. and C.D.V., Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Gavin, Hackettstown, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lynn B. Norcia, Deputy Attorney General, for defendants-respondents Division of Youth and Family Services (Peter Verniero, Attorney General, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Norcia, on the brief).

Emily Arnow Alman, Highland Park, for defendants-respondents R.V.D. and C.V.D. (Alman and Michaels, attorneys; Ms. Alman, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges MUIR, Jr., KESTIN and CUFF.


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

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court's March 26, 1997 order dismissing with prejudice her complaint for custody of her granddaughters, S.M.R. and L.N.R., on the motion of defendant Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS). Defendants R.V.D. and C.V.D. are the foster parents of the children, approved by DYFS to adopt them. The foster parents' counterclaim for guardianship...

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