ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NEW JERSEY BERGEN COUNTY DIVORCE MEDIATION LAWYER CHILD CUSTODY

A New Jersey man accused of abandoning the child he fathered with his missing mistress was sentenced to 18 months probation Monday after his lawyers reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. Rosario DiGirolamo, 32, of Millstone Township, N.J., pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless endangering and child abandonment, both misdemeanors. Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed that evidence did not support a felony endangerment charge of leaving his 11-month-old son, Michael, at substantial risk of death when he left him in the parking lot of Christiana Hospital in Newark on June 9. DiGirolamo remains a "person of interest" in Giordano's disappearance, according to prosecutors in New Jersey, who suspect she is dead.       Associated Press, November 16, 2007