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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF JORDAN

764 A.2d 503 (2001)

336 N.J. Super. 270

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Nadia JORDAN and Joan Jordan.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa B. Landsman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant, Division of Youth and Family Services, (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, Ms. Landsman, on the brief).

S. Daniel Hutchison argued the cause for respondent Robert Jordan.

John P. Kopesky, Philadelphia, PA, argued the cause as guardian for Nadia and Joan Jordan, (Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, attorneys; Mr. Kopesky, on the brief).

Before Judges KING, COBURN and AXELRAD.

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

I

In this caption and opinion, we use fictitious names. The Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) appeals the trial judge's decision which ordered the return of the minor child, Joan, to her birth father's custody (defendant). Joan, now age nine, and her sister Nadia, now age thirteen, were removed from their father's custody following alleged abuse of Nadia by her father. These allegations...

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