IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF B.L.A.


753 A.2d 770 (2000)

332 N.J. Super. 392

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF B.L.A. and T.A.

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

Decided March 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Marie Seaton, Senior Deputy Attorney General, for New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Russell S. Heckler, Atlantic Highlands, for defendant M.A. (Russell S. Heckler, attorney).

Linda D. Costabile, Oceanport, for defendant R.A. (Linda D. Costabile, attorney).

Christina A. Frost, Trenton, for minors B.L.A. and T.A. (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).


HAYSER, J.T.C., temporarily assigned.

Did the failure of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (hereinafter referred to as "DYFS") to provide reunification services to the family in this matter constitute an unfair retroactive application of N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.87 to the facts of this case, since the significant circumstances that activated this statutory provision took place before the statutory enactment...

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