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State v. Stacey Froland a/k/a Stacey Kindt (A-8-2006)

Argued September 10, 2007 – Decided December 12, 2007

LONG, J., writing for a majority of the Court.

At issue in this appeal is whether a stepmother who removes her stepchildren from the state with the consent of their father (her husband), but without the consent of their mother, is guilty of non-consent kidnapping under N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1.