Mauk v. State Department of Human Services

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Petitioner Bernard Mauk seeks further review of a decision of the court of appeals, which upheld a refusal by respondent Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) to correct an entry in the state child abuse registry concerning an allegation of child abuse by Mauk of his daughter L.M.

Upon our review, we conclude that the administrative law judge (ALJ) erred in refusing to allow Mauk to call his daughter L.M. and son J.M. to testify at a hearing concerning Mauk’s request for correction of information in the child abuse registry. We therefore vacate the court of appeals…