N.J. DIV. OF YOUTH & FAM. SERVICES v. L.H.


775 A.2d 125 (2001)

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. L.H., Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of the Guardianship of A.H.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Garcia, Acting Public Defender, for appellant (Brian D. Driscoll, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, for respondent (Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, Margaret Comes, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Peter A. Garcia, Acting Public Defender, attorney for A.H. (Christine Monahan, Assistant Public Defender, on the letter brief).

Before Judges KESTIN, CIANCIA and ALLEY.


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

L.H., the birth mother of A.H., appeals from the trial court's orders entering a default against her and declining to vacate the default, and from a judgment terminating her parental rights and granting guardianship over the child to the Division of Youth and Family Services (Division). The judgment also terminated the parental rights of A.H., the father of the child, on the basis of a default that had been...

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