NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES v. L.J.M.

 

NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE

APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

APPELLATE DIVISION

DOCKET NO. A-3684-06T43684-06T4

NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF

YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

L.J.M.,

Defendant-Appellant.

IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP

OF L.L.L.C., a Minor.

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Submitted November 5, 2007 - Decided

Before Judges Weissbard and Baxter.

On appeal from Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Camden County, Docket No. FG-04-54-07.

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Justin J. Walker, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Patrick DeAlmeida, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Jennifer A. Lochel, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, Law Guardian, attorney for minor L.L.L.C. (Cynthia McCulloch, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).

PER CURIAM

L.J.M. appeals from a trial court judgment that terminated his parental rights to his daughter, L.L.L.C., born November 2, 2001. After two days of testimony on January 23 and January 25, 2007, the late Judge Page, in an oral opinion covering forty transcript pages, concluded that the Division of Youth and Family Services had satisfied the statutory standard set forth in N.J.S.A. 30:4C-15.1(a) for termination of parental rights. He entered a confirming order terminating L.J.M.'s parental rights on January 25, 2007.

 
On appeal, L.J.M. argues that "the evidentiary findings of the trial court do not support a legal finding that all four prongs under N.J.S.A. 30:4C-15.1(a) were met in this case." We have carefully considered L.J.M.'s claims in light of the record and applicable law, and conclude that those arguments lack sufficient merit to warrant extended discussion in a written opinion. R. 2:11-3(e)(1)(A) and (E). We affirm substantially for the reasons set forth by Judge Page in his comprehensive and well-reasoned oral opinion of January 25, 2007.

Affirmed.

The natural mother, I.R.C., voluntarily surrendered her parental rights on August 18, 2006. Accordingly, she did not participate in the proceedings below and is not a party to this appeal.

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A-3684-06T4

RECORD IMPOUNDED

November 13, 2007