State, Department of Community Affairs v. Division of Administrative Hearings

SHIVERS, Judge.

The Department of Community Affairs petitions for review of a nonfinal administrative order ruling on the scope of the hearing. The order concludes (1) that the hearing officer is without jurisdiction to interpret, enforce, rescind, or invalidate a stipulated settlement agreement, and (2) that the cases “will proceed as if the settlement agreement did not exist, although the agreement may be admissible for limited purposes not yet apparent.” We deny the petition.

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