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1 IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY J.E.V. and D.G.V -- rank: 1000

... forty days after the filing of the adoption complaint. See N.J.S.A. 9:3-53. The OPD has not been statutorily authorized to represent indigent ...

docket:	a3238-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-10-23
status:	published
citation:	442 N.J.Super. 472 124 A.3d 708
Document Size:	45815

2 IN THE MATTER ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY J.D.S. II, et al. -- rank: 920

... respond prior to the court fixing the final fee.     Further, N.J.S.A. 9:3-53 provides in part that:         [t]he costs of all proceedings ... 542, that "ordinarily, prevailing adoptive parents were not intended by [ N.J.S.A. 9:3-53] to be insulated from paying the fees of either guardians ... because a GAL is not "counsel" as set forth in N.J.S.A. 9:3-53, the fees are "more properly considered to be costs of ... assessed to plaintiffs as a cost of the proceeding. See N.J.S.A. 9:3-53. It was error to assess any of the GAL's ...

docket:	a3408-00
court:	njappellate
decided:	2002-07-23
status:	published
citation:	353 N.J. Super. 378
Document Size:	41954

3 In the Matter of Adoption of a Child by J.D.S., II and C.S. -- rank: 822

... as a possible source of payment for the transcript under N.J.S.A. 9:3-53 (requiring plaintiff in private adoption to bear costs of proceeding ... mother for reasonable expert fees and deposition expenses pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:3-53). This archive is a service of Rutgers School of Law ...

docket:	a-74-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2003-05-08
status:
citation:	176 N.J. 154
Document Size:	22191