NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES v. A.V.

No. A-4894-07T4

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. A.V. Defendant-Appellant. IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF V.V., a minor.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 23, 2009


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Beth Anne Hahn, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney for respondent DYFS (Lewis Scheindlin, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief; Mary A. Hurley, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, Law Guardian, attorney for respondent minor V.V. (Melissa R. Vance, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges Parrillo, Messano and Kestin.


PER CURIAM

In this parental termination case, defendant A.V., the biological father, appeals from a judgment of guardianship terminating his parental rights to his four-and-one-half year old daughter, V.V.1 He contends that the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) failed to establish that termination of his parental rights was in the best interests of V.V. We disagree and affirm for the following reasons. V.V. was born...

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