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As we say goodbye to 2012, we here at New Jersey DYFS Defense want to take some time to reflect on where we have been and where we are going. In April 2010, NewJerseyDYFSdefense.com was launched by our founder, Allison C. Williams, Esq. Ms. Williams created this site to serve as a portal of information…

Audrey Edmund's story is mesmerizing. Katie Couric's journalistic style is very easy-going, precise, clear. Much like a direct examination. As Audrey tells the story, she is very composed, but clearly affected by the events that so shaped her life. Audrey is writing a book, detailing what she has survived, being accused and convicted of a…

On Monday, December 3, 2012, Allison C. Williams, Esq., Founder of http://NewJerseyDYFSdefense.com, will be taped on the Katie Couric show. Ms. Williams will blog from the studio audience and share her views of the content presented by Katie's guests. Check in with us throughout the morning for Ms. Williams' reactions to the spell-binding accounts of…

Allison C. Williams, Esq., founder of http://NewJerseyDYFSdefense.com, is going to appear on the Katie Couric show!!! The topic: Parents wrongfully Accused of Child Abuse. The show will be taped on Monday, December 3, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. During the program, Ms. Williams will be blogging on the issues discussed by Katie and the panelists. Stop…

August 2012 was an exceptional month! Our BLOG, NewJerseyDYFSDefense.com, experienced record traffic to the site. We experienced a record number of comments on the posts provided. Because of the sensitive nature of the comments, we often could not share them with the public. However, people are reaching out and seeking the information we have to…

On August 13, 2012, Allison C. Williams will be presenting with a panel of experienced Family Law judges and attorneys on Evidence Issues in the Family Part at CLEfest.  Allison will focus her presentation on Evidence Issues in DYFS proceedings. Topics will include corroboration of abuse allegations, admissibility of business records, internal hearsay within hearsay…

In a recent unpublished decision, New Jersey Div. of Youth and Fam. Svcs. v. L.C., DYFS conceded that where the agency seeks to impose restraints upon parental access, parents are entitled to be represented by counsel.  Further, DYFS acknowledged that it cannot secure an "Order to Investigate" with restraints - i.e., supervised parenting time, psychological…

By: Allison C. Williams, Esq. Any family law attorney who regularly litigates contested custody matters understands that of all family court litigation, nothing engenders in our clients a greater passion for battle more than the possibility that they might lose custody of their child.  This premise is all the more resounding in custody litigation initiated…