NEW JERSEY DIV. OF YOUTH v. I.S.

No. A-5793-09T3.

25 A.3d 1214 (2011)

422 N.J. Super. 52

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. I.S., Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of N.S. and S.S., Minors.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne Smith Segars , Public Defender, attorney for appellant ( Alan I. Smith , Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Paula T. Dow , Attorney General, attorney for respondent ( Lewis A. Scheindlin , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Nancy Andre , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Yvonne Smith Segars , Public Defender, Law Guardian, attorney for minor S.S. ( Jeffrey R. Jablonski , Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Before Judges CUFF, SAPP-PETERSON and FASCIALE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by SAPP-PETERSON, J.A.D.

Defendant, I.S., appeals from two orders issued by the Family Part judge. The first order, issued January 18, 2008, found that neither I.S. nor E.S., the formerly-married biological parents of twin girls, N.S. and S.S. born in 1997, had the ability at that time to care for or meet the needs of their daughters. The order provided further that the "best interests" of the children necessitated their continued...

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