· 7/1/2004
New Jersey DYFS v. SS
Citations
- 855 A.2d 8
- 372 N.J. Super. 13
How courts have described this case
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- requiring expert testimony where an infant was at risk of suffering harm based on an abusive parental relationship
- explaining a court cannot assume emotional harm to a child in the absence of expert testimony
- acknowledging that the scope of permissible disclosures is extensive
- finding no abuse or neglect where, among other things, there was no evidence introduced \as a general matter\ of a \causal relationship between witnessing domestic violence and emotional distress in the young\
- \we find . . . that harm [from domestic violence] cannot be presumed in the absence of evidence of its existence or potential\
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Judges: Judges Stern, Lefelt and Payne
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