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DIV. OF YOUTH & FAM. SVCS. v. T.S.

Docket Nos. A-5902-08T3, A-5903-08T3

9 A.3d 582 (2010)

417 N.J. Super. 228

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. T.S., Defendant-Appellant. New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. K.G., Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of the Guardianship of M.S., a minor.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 25, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Potter , Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant T.S. ( Yvonne Smith Segars , Public Defender, attorney; Ms. Potter, on the brief).

Durrell Wachtler Ciccia , Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant K.G. ( Yvonne Smith Segars , Public Defender, attorney; Ms. Ciccia, on the brief).

Geraldine O. Livengood , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent ( Paula T. Dow , Attorney General, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Livengood, on the brief).

Noel C. Devlin , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for minor M.S. ( Yvonne Smith Segars , Public Defender, Law Guardian, attorney; Mr. Devlin, on the brief).

Before Judges AXELRAD, R.B. COLEMAN and LIHOTZ.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LIHOTZ, J.A.D.

In these two appeals, calendared back-to-back and consolidated for the purpose of this opinion, we address challenges to a Family Part judgment terminating the parental rights of defendant K.G., the father, and defendant T.S., the mother, and awarding plaintiff the Division of Youth and Family Services (the Division) guardianship to effectuate the adoption of now twelve-year-old M.S. Each parent seeks...

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