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DIV. OF YOUTH & FAMILY SERV. v. D.C.

118 N.J. 388 (1990)

571 A.2d 1295

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, PLAINTIFF, v. D.C. AND M.C., DEFENDANTS, (IN THE INTEREST OF JOEL C. RINSKY, ESQ., AND JANET B. ROMANO, ESQ.), APPLICANTS-APPELLANTS, AND IN THE MATTER OF C. MINORS, MINORS. (IN THE INTEREST OF J. PATRICK ROCHE, ESQ.), APPLICANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel C. Rinsky argued the cause for appellants.

Thomas P. Hartley, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent Office of the Public Defender, Law Guardian Program (Alfred A. Slocum, Jr., Public Defender, attorney).

Barbara A. Harned, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Department of Law and Public Safety (Cary Edwards, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Mark H. Sobel argued the cause for amicus curiae, New Jersey State Bar Association (Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Bergstein, attorneys).

PER CURIAM.

This appeal poses the issue of compensation for attorneys appointed to represent indigent parents and their minor children in actions by the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) for termination of parental rights under N.J.S.A. 30:4C-11 to -24. Appellants ask us to determine that the fees for their services as appointed counsel in a Title 30 case are compensable and legally payable. The two terms have different implications. The fees are...

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