IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF D.J.M.


737 A.2d 1179 (1999)

325 N.J. Super. 150

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF D.J.M.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Hudson County.

Decided July 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Farmer, Jr., Attorney General for New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (Marcia Goldstein, Deputy Attorney General, attorney).

Kathleen F. Gahles, Neshanic Station, for D.A.M.


O'SHAUGHNESSY, J.S.C.

The issue before this Court is whether to stay a guardianship proceeding pending the outcome of a simultaneous criminal proceeding arising out of the same facts.

Guardianship proceedings are not typical civil actions. Indeed, they are the most weighty and often the most heart wrenching cases that a Superior Court, Family Part judge has to decide. The termination of an individual's parental rights is permanent, and the impact extends not...

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