New Mother’s Failure to Tell Hospital Staff That She Had Used Certain Medication During Pregnancy Constituted Child Abuse or Neglect

New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. K.M., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2016).  This is another child abuse and neglect appeal, but one that contains an unusual twist on a woman’s use of drugs during pregnancy.  Defendant K.M. gave birth to a child, G.G., who, during the first three days after […]

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