New Jersey Division of Youth & Family Services v. R.G.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FALL, J.A.D.

In this guardianship case R.G., natural mother of G.I.M., J.M.M. and J.C.M., moves for leave to file a notice of appeal nunc pro tunc from an order entered in the Family Part on August 16, 2001, terminating her parental rights to these three children. R.G.’s motion raises significant issues and concerns of both a procedural and substantive nature.

The following history is relevant to our resolution of this motion. G.I.M. was born on April 6, 1997; J.M.M. on June 1, 1998; and J.C.M. on September 11, 1999. R.G. is the natural mother of the…