DIV. OF YOUTH & FAMILY SERV. v. B.R.


929 A.2d 1034 (2007)

192 N.J. 301

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. B.R., Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of the Guardianship of A.W. and A.R., Minors.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dianne Glenn, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Maureen B. Bull, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (Stuart Rabner, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Christopher A. Huling, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondents A.W. and A.R. (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Melville D. Miller, Jr., President, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Legal Services of New Jersey (Mr. Miller, attorney; Mr. Miller, Diana Dunker and Mary M. McManus-Smith, on the brief).


Justice LONG delivered the opinion of the Court.

After a lengthy trial, B.R.'s parental rights to her children, A.W. and A.R., were terminated under N.J.S.A. 30:4C-15.1, on the ground that the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) had proven by clear and convincing evidence that the safety, health, and welfare of A.W. and A.R. had been and would continue to be endangered by B.R. because of her severe and persistent abuse and neglect of the...

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