S.R. v. Division of Youth & Family Services

The opinion of the court was delivered by

KESTIN, J.A.D.

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s March 26, 1997 order dismissing with prejudice her complaint for custody of her granddaughters, S.M.R. and L.N.R., on the motion of defendant Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS). Defendants R.V.D. and C.V.D. are the foster parents of the children, approved by DYFS to adopt them. The foster parents’ counterclaim for guardianship of the children was also dismissed. There is no appeal from that provision of the order.

S.M.R. and L.N.R. are two of seven siblings whose birth parents were first…