NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF CHILD PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
A.P., Defendant-Appellant, and
L.R., T.C., and J.P., Defendants.
In the Matter of D.P. and T.R., minors.
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Argued February 26, 2024.
Decided July 31, 2024.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John A. Albright, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant A.P. (Jennifer Sellitti, Public Defender, Office of Parental Representation, attorney; John A. Albright, of counsel and on the briefs).
Mary L. Harpster, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General, attorney; Janet Greenberg Cohen and Sara M. Gregory, Assistant Attorneys General, Trenton, of counsel, and Mary L. Harpster and Michelle McBrian, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).
Jennifer M. Sullivan, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for minor D.P. (Jennifer Sellitti, Public Defender, Office of the Law Guardian, attorney; M. Alexis Pollock, Deputy Public Defender, of counsel, and Jennifer M. Sullivan and Jacqueline Pham, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the briefs).
Michael W. Sabo, Lawrenceville, argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (Fox Rothschild, and American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Jacob S. Perskie, of counsel and on the brief, and Michael W. Sabo, Jeffrey M. Pollock, and Eliana T. Baer, on the brief).
JUSTICEPATTERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.
New Jersey's expungement statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:52-1 to -32, "is designed to eliminate `the collateral consequences imposed upon otherwise law-abiding citizens who have had a minor brush with the criminal justice system.'" In re Kollman, 210 N.J. 557
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