NEW JERSEY DYFS v. T.J.B.


769 A.2d 1071 (2001)

338 N.J. Super. 425

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. T.J.B., Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of the Guardianship of A.M.B., a Minor. New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. A.T.L., Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of the Guardianship of A.M.B., a Minor.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Garcia, Acting Public Defender, for appellant T.J.B., (William Welaj, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

Peter A. Garcia, Acting Public Defender, for appellant A.T.L., (Patricia Nichols, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, for respondent New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services, (Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Lisa Rose, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

No brief was submitted by the Law Guardian for A.M.B., a minor.

Before Judges KEEFE, EICHEN and WEISSBARD.


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

T.J.B., the biological mother of A.M.B., born August 6, 1998, and A.T.L., the putative biological father, appeal separately1 from a March 23, 2000 order denying their motions to set aside a final judgment by default entered on December 14, 1999 terminating their parental rights to A.M.B. The judgment by default was stayed pending this appeal.

A.M.B. has been in placement...

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