DOE v. STATE


165 N.J. Super. 392 (1979)

398 A.2d 562

JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, AND W.W. AND R.W., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas E. Bracken argued the cause for appellants.

Mr. Robert M. Berman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Ms. Erminie L. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

No brief was filed and no argument was made on behalf of respondents W.W. and R.W.

Before Judges FRITZ, BISCHOFF and MORGAN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BISCHOFF, J.A.D.

This appeal by plaintiffs John and Jane Doe, foster parents of five-year-old D.W., is from an administrative determination of the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) that D.W. should be removed from her foster home and returned to the home of her natural parents. There are important issues presented concerning the procedural and substantive rights of foster parents, natural parents and foster children...

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