New Jersey Division of Youth & Family Services v. P.W.R.

In this appeal we are called on to review an abuse and neglect judgment entered against a parent. Petitioner 1 contends that the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS or Division) deprived her of adequate notice and opportunity to defend a Title Nine 2 action concerning her then-teenage stepdaughter. She also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence that supported the abuse and neglect findings of the trial court, which were affirmed on appeal. 3 N.J. Div. of Youth & Family Servs. v. P.W.R., 410 N.J.Super. 501, 504, 983 A.2d 598 (App.Div.2009). We granted her petition for…