A.P. v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

A.P. (Uncle) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Department of Public Welfare denying his request to expunge an indicated report that named him as a perpetrator of child abuse. In so holding, the Department’s Bureau of Hearings and Appeals adopted, in its entirety, the recommended adjudication of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), which found that Uncle had sexually abused his nephew (Child), seven years earlier. We vacate and remand.

Background

Child was born in 1992, and is the adopted son of Father and Mother. In high school, Child developed behavioral…