IN RE DOE

Docket No. FG-06-23-10

3 A.3d 657 (2010)

416 N.J. Super. 233

In the Matter of Noel DOE, a minor.

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

Decided August 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mara Spiegeland , Deputy Attorney General, for New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services ( Paula Dow , Attorney General, attorney).

Nicholas Jones , Law Guardian, attorney for minor.


MENDEZ, P.J.F.P.

The novel issues to be resolved in this case involve the scope and applicability of the New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 30:4C-15.5 to 15.11. The initial question is whether Noel Doe,1 an infant who was delivered and then immediately surrendered by her mother, Jane Doe, in a hospital maternity ward, qualifies as a Safe Haven Baby. The Division of Youth and Family Services (hereinafter "the Division...

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