In re K.F.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

RODRÍGUEZ, A.A., J.A.D.

The New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) appeals from a dispositional order of the Family Part ordering it to provide services and to pay for attendance at an out-of-state residential drug program for K.F., an eighteen year old who had violated the terms of his juvenile probation and who was not previously known to DYFS. DYFS contends that the dispositional order “forced the agency to act outside of its statutory mandate.” We disagree and hold that the Family Part has jurisdiction to place an adjudicated…