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J. AND E. v. M. AND F.

157 N.J. Super. 478 (1978)

385 A.2d 240

J. AND E., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. M. AND F., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES, DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ms. Marcia A. Membrino, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. John Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey; Mr. William F. Hyland, former Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Mr. Edmund R. Bernhard argued the cause for plaintiffs-respondents (Messrs. Bernhard, Durst & Dilts, attorneys).

Mr. Joseph Mezzacca, Jr., designated counsel, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. Leslie Hill, Director, Legal Aid Society of Mercer County, filed a brief on behalf of respondent.

Before Judges ALLCORN, MORGAN and HORN.

PER CURIAM.

The Division of Youth and Family Services (hereinafter "DYFS") appeals a trial court order declining to sever the parental rights of the two natural parents of a child, born to the mother during her incarceration in the Clinton Reformatory on a conviction of the manslaughter of another of her children and the abuse of yet a third. The natural father, too, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and child abuse, and during all proceedings at the trial level...

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