CHILD PROTECTION v. J.R.-R.

A-56/57 September Term 2019 083807.

258 A.3d 1094 (2021)

248 N.J. 353

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF CHILD PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. J.R.-R. and G.R.-R., Defendants-Appellants. In the Matter of G.R.-R., Jr., a Minor-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided September 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura M. Kalik , Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant J.R.-R. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, Office of Parental Representation, attorney; T. Gary Mitchell , Deputy Public Defender, and Robyn A. Veasey , Deputy Public Defender, of counsel, and Laura M. Kalik, Bedminster, of counsel and on the briefs).

Beth Anne Hahn , Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant G.R.-R. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, Office of Parental Representation, attorney; T. Gary Mitchell , Deputy Public Defender, and Robyn A. Veasey , Deputy Public Defender, of counsel, and Beth Anne Hahn, 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 ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and Sara M. Gregory and Amy Melissa Young , Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).

Noel C. Devlin , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent G.R.-R., Jr. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, Office of the Law Guardian, attorney; Meredith Alexis Pollock , Deputy Public Defender, of counsel, and Noel C. Devlin, of counsel and on the briefs).

Steven M. Resnick , Livingston, argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Association for Justice (Ziegler, Zemsky & Resnick, attorneys; Steven M. Resnick, Livingston, and Angela M. Scafuri , on the brief).


The Legislature has assigned to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP) the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that a parent has committed an act of abuse or neglect against a child in violation of N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.21(c)(4)(b). In this appeal, the issue is whether,...

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