Legal Opinion
R.F. v. Department of Public Welfare
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 25, 2002PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge PELLEGRINI.
R.F. appeals from an order of the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) upholding an order of the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (Bureau) dismissing R.F.’s appeal of a founded report of child sexual abuse.
On February 5,1999, Berks County Children and Youth Services (Youth Services) received a report that R.F was suspected of sexually abusing his daughter and conducted an investigation into the allegations. Youth Services referred the matter to law enforcement and criminal charges were filed. Youth Services then filed an indicated child abuse form with…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Bird v. Pennsylvania Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- J.G. v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
3Cited by4 opinions
- J.F. v. Dep't of Human Servs.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
- J.M. v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Blair County Children, Youth and Families' v. DHSCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
- J.F. v. DHSCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019