N.J. Dep't of Children & Families v. E.L.

FISHER, P.J.A.D.

*952*13In Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. E.D.-O., 223 N.J. 166, 194, 121 A.3d 832 (2015), the Court found "troubling" the disposition of a child-abuse administrative proceeding that took nearly three years:

No one-parents, caretakers, or the public-is served when an issue as important as whether an adult abused or neglected a child remains unresolved for years.

The proceedings here were glacial in comparison. Consequently, we uphold an administrative law judge's dismissal which was based on the Department of Children and Families' failure to provide complete…