New Jersey DIVISION OF CHILD PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
B.P., Defendant-Appellant, and
L.K.S., Defendant.
In the Matter of M.S., a Minor-Respondent.
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Argued January 4, 2024.
Decided May 21, 2024.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
T. Gary Mitchell, Deputy Public Defender, Highland Park, argued the cause for appellant B.P. (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, Office of Parental Representation, attorney; T. Gary Mitchell, of counsel and on the briefs).
Christina Duclos, Deputy Attorney General, Trenton, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa and Sara M. Gregory, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel, and Christina Duclos Trenton, and Nicholas Dolinsky, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).
Julie E. Goldstein, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for minor M.S. (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, Office of the Law Guardian, attorney; Meredith Alexis Pollock, Deputy Public Defender, of counsel, and Julie E. Goldstein and Noel C. Devlin, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the briefs).
Mary M. McManus-Smith argued the cause for amicus curiae Legal Services of New Jersey (Legal Services of New Jersey, attorneys; Mary M. McManus-Smith, Dawn K. Miller, Sylvia L. Thomas, Chiori Kaneko, Jonnelle Casey, and Anne Gowen, Highland Park, on the brief).
Molly K.C. Linhorst argued the cause for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and Pregnancy Justice (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Molly K.C. Linhorst, Karen Thompson, Alexander Shalom, Newark, and Jeanne LoCicero, on the brief).
JUSTICEPIERRE-LOUIS delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case, we are asked to determine whether the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (Division) met its burden of establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that a mother abused or neglected her newborn child. After B.P. (Beth) gave birth to M.S. (Mia), the hospital...
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