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  Department of Children and Families (DCF) - Central Section  
 
PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a DYFS office. Use the following link to contact the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P), formerly DYFS.
 
  Hughes Justice Complex -
8th Fl., P.O. Box 112,
Trenton, NJ 08625
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(609) 376-2900 / fax
(609) 633-1739
  • Jennifer Lochel Burns
    Section Chief, Deputy Attorney General
  • Cynthia Schappell
    Assistant Chief, Deputy Attorney General
  • Mira Ogrizovic
    Assistant Chief, Deputy Attorney General
  • Christina Duclos
    Assistant Chief, Deputy Attorney General
The DCF-Central Section provides representation to the Department of Children and Families (DCF), the agency tasked with protecting children and strengthening families. The deputies in this section represent OCF when it seeks supervision or custody of abused and neglected children or is seeking termination of parental rights when deemed necessary. The work is litigation intensive but also touches on aspects of social work. There is also significant appellate work undertaken by all deputies in the section. This DCF section also provides representation at the Office of Administrative Law in OCF's administrative cases, advice to various units in OCF, on issues such as licensing and employment. The section provides representation in matters originating in Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties as well as the Administrative Hearings Unit in administrative cases at the OAL.
 
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