parental rights to a minor
child were terminated NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
V. J.C.
NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
V. T.S.L., IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF
J.D.L.C.
A-1683-09T4, A-1684-09T4 02-11-10
Following a trial, defendants' parental rights to a minor
child were terminated. They timely indicated their desire to
appeal, but the Office of Parental Representation failed to file
timely appeals and did not move for leave to file notices of
appeal out of time until nearly sixteen months after entry of
the the trial court's judgment and more than four months after the
child's adoption. Although such motions are treated with great
liberality, the court denied defendants' motions due to both the
extraordinary delay in seeking relief and the intervening
nonrelative adoption.
