DYFS v. V.M. and B.G., A-4627-06T4; Appellate Division; per curiam opinion; concurrence by Carchman, P.J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication July 16, 2009. Before Judges Carchman, R.B. Coleman and Sabatino. On appeal from the Chancery Division, Family Part, Essex County, FN-07-572-06. DDS No. 28-2-xxxx [47 pp.]
V.M. and B.G. have been married since 1995. On April 16, 2006, V.M. presented to Saint Barnabas Hospital in labor. V.M. consented to the administration of intravenous fluids, antibiotics, oxygen, fetal heart rate monitoring, an episiotomy and an epidural anesthetic. She refused to consent to any other invasive treatment, including a Caesarean section or fetal scalp stimulation. Hospital personnel explained the potentially dire consequences of not allowing a C-section in the event of fetal distress, but V.M. remained adamant in her refusal.
