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NEW JERSEY DYFS v. E.P.

A-112/113 September Term 2006

952 A.2d 436 (2008)

196 N.J. 88

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. E.P., Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of the Guardianship of A.H., a Minor.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 14, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beatrix W. Shear, Deputy Public Defender argued the cause for appellant E.P. (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney; Ms. Shear and Alison S. Perrone, Designated Counsel, on the briefs).

Noel C. Devlin, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant A.H. (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Jessica M. Steinglass, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Anne Milgram, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Diana Dunker argued the cause for amicus curiae Legal Services of New Jersey (Melville D. Miller, Jr., President, attorney; Ms. Dunker, Mr. Miller and Mary M. McManus-Smith, on the brief).

Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, the Appellate Division affirmed the Family Part's termination of a mother's parental rights to her daughter, who is now almost thirteen years old. The termination was based in large part on the mother's addiction to drugs, psychological problems, and unstable lifestyle, all of which made her unfit to care for her child for most of the child's life. Her emotionally fragile and unstable daughter moved from...

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