Dubray v. South Dakota Department of Social Services

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Noelle DuBray challenged a Department of Social Services (DSS) decision to place her name on the Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect. An administrative decision was entered in favor of DSS, and DuBray appealed to circuit court. The circuit court reversed, concluding that DuBray . had been deprived of a meaningful due process hearing because DSS’s case was based entirely upon three documents that were hearsay. DSS appeals. We affirm the circuit court.

Facts and Procedural History

[¶ 2.] On August 12, 2000, the Rosebud Sioux Tribal police were dispatched to an…