N.J. DIV. OF CHILD PROT. v. A.B.

A-27 September Term 2016 077664.

175 A.3d 942 (2017)

231 N.J. 354

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF CHILD PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. A.B., Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of A.F., Minor.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 21, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clara S. Licata , Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender Parental Representation, attorney; T. Gary Mitchell , Deputy Public Defender, of counsel, and Clara S. Licata, of counsel and on the briefs).

Sara M. Gregory , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency ( Christopher S. Porrino , Attorney General, attorney; Andrea S. Silkowitz , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and Joyce Calefati Booth , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Melissa R. Vance , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent A.F. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender Law Guardian, attorney; Melissa R. Vance, on the brief).

Mary M. McManus-Smith argued the cause for amicus curiae Legal Services of New Jersey ( Melville D. Miller, Jr. , President, attorney; Mary M. McManus-Smith , Melville D. Miller, Jr. , and Jeyanthi C. Rajaraman , on the brief).

CHIEF JUSTICE RABNER and JUSTICES LaVECCHIA, ALBIN, PATTERSON, FERNANDEZ-VINA, and SOLOMON join in JUSTICE TIMPONE's opinion.


This case comes before us as a matter of right from a divided Appellate Division panel. The panel majority upheld the trial court's determinations that defendant A.B. abused or neglected A.F., her sixteen-year-old daughter; that A.B. willfully abandoned A.F.; and that remarks attributed to A.B...

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