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DIV. OF YOUTH AND FAMILY v. N.D.

Docket No. A-2093-12T2

89 A.3d 609 (2014)

435 N.J. Super. 488

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. N.D., Defendant-Appellant, and J.P. and A.J., Defendants. In the Matter of E.D., Minor.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 8, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney for appellant ( Clara S. Licata , Designated Counsel, on the brief).

John J. Hoffman , Acting Attorney General, attorney for respondent ( Andrea M. Silkowitz , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Kenneth Cabot , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, Law Guardian, attorney for minor E.D. ( Karen E. Lodeserto , Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Before Judges PARRILLO, HARRIS, and GUADAGNO.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

GUADAGNO, J.A.D.

In this appeal, we revisit the issue of in utero exposure of a newborn to drugs and the quantum of proof necessary to sustain a finding of abuse or neglect against the mother who ingested drugs before the child was born. Defendant N.D. (Natalie),2 the biological mother of E.D. (Edgar), appeals from the April 5, 2012 order of the Family Part finding that

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