NJ Division of Child Protection and Permanency Investigates Five-Month-Old Child with Broken Bones in Bergen County
During the weekend of August 27, 2016, the NJ Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) responded to the Holy Name Medical Center after a five-month-old infant was hospitalized due to multiple fractures of her extremities. According to officials, the child’s mom committed child abuse and seriously injured the infant. The child’s mother is 23-year-old […]
read full articleBaby Left in Back Seat of Sweltering Car in Howell NJ, Placed in Custody of Her Father
On August 30, 2016, two good Samaritans rescued a four-month-old baby who was locked in the back seat of her mother’s car at a Howell NJ parking lot. Steven Eckel of Jackson NJ and Sarah Mazzone of Howell NJ were walking in the Kohl’s parking lot in Howell when they saw a screaming baby in […]
read full articleLeaving Child Unattended for Four Hours Results in Mother’s Arrest and DCP&P Investigation
On August 18, 2016, a New Jersey mother was arrested and charged with child endangerment after having left her one-year-old son unattended in her house for approximately four hours. According to NJ.Com, Kimberly Rizo of Trenton reported that at 9:00 a.m. she went outside to check on her car, but that her house door became […]
read full articleA parent who wasn’t given right to testify should not have parental rights terminated, NJ Appellate Division says
The Appellate Division recently reversed a Passaic County trial court’s Judgment of Guardianship that terminated the parental rights of a mother who failed to appear during the guardianship trial, but then appeared on the day of the court’s decision and requested an opportunity to testify. N.J. Div. of Child Protection & Permanency v. K.S., 445 […]
read full articleRelocating for Your Child’s Safety
Seeing your child abused or put in harm’s way can be scary. Relocating is one way to protect your child from harm. You want to do everything you can to protect your child. This is a normal reaction for a concerned parent to have. Sometimes it is necessary to relocate a child who has been […]
read full articleHow Can an Attorney Help Me Regain Custody?
Trying to regain custody of your child can make you feel like you are fighting an uphill battle. With so much at stake, you want to do everything you can to regain custody of your child, and that is understandable. If you’ve lost custody or are involved in a divorce case where custody is a […]
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