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NEW JERSEY DYFS v. P.P.

852 A.2d 1093 (2004)

180 N.J. 494

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. P.P. and S.P., Defendants-Respondents. In the Matter of the Guardianship of J.P. and B.P., Minors-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 27, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica M. Steinglass, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Edward P. Marable, Jr., Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for minor respondents J.P. and B.P., (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney; Ellen J. Goldfinger, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the letter brief).

Alan I. Smith, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for respondent S.P. (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Alison S. Perrone, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for respondent P.P. (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Cecilia M. Zalkind submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, Association for Children of New Jersey.

Chief Justice PORITZ delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this consolidated appeal the Appellate Division has reversed an August 8, 2002, trial court order terminating the parental rights of a mother, P.P., and father, S.P., as to their two minor daughters. The children, J.P. and B.P., had been cared for in separate households by their paternal and maternal grandmothers, E.P. and M.B., who wished to adopt them. The Appellate...

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