J.M. v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 18 C.D. 2012

52 A.3d 552 (2012)

J.M., In re I.M., Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison Bell Royer , Media, for petitioner.

Mary P. Patterson , Senior Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent.

BEFORE: PELLEGRINI, President Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge, and FRIEDMAN, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

J.M. (Father) petitions for review of the December 8, 2011, final order of the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), which upheld the July 22, 2011, order of the DPW's Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (BHA). The BHA adopted the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissing Father's administrative appeal to expunge the indicated report of sexual abuse of his daughter, I.M. (Child). We reverse.

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