DIV. OF YOUTH & FAMILY v. M.G.

Docket No. A-4608-10T1

47 A.3d 764 (2012)

427 N.J. Super. 154

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. M.G., Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of the Guardianship of A.R.G., a minor.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney for appellant ( William J. Sweeney , Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Jeffrey S. Chiesa , Attorney General, attorney for respondent ( Lewis A. Scheindlin , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Stephanie Anatale , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, Law Guardian, attorney for minor A.R.G. ( David Valentin , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).

Before Judges MESSANO, ESPINOSA and KENNEDY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ESPINOSA, J.A.D.

M.G., the defendant in this appeal from a termination of parental rights, regularly appeared at scheduled hearings in the Title 9 and Title 30 proceedings against him, even when incarcerated, and was represented by counsel throughout. This case presents the question whether it was proper to enter default against him based upon his sporadic failures to comply with orders that required him to submit...

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