Crawford/Sebastian County Scan v. Kelly

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

The issue in this appeal is what standard of review a court should utilize when reviewing a determination by the Department of Human Services on the issue of whether an alleged child abuser’s name should be expunged from the State Central Registry. Jurisdiction is pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 29(l)(c).

On February 17,1988, the appellant, the Crawford/Sebastian County SCAN (SCAN) received an anonymous report of child abuse allegedly perpetrated by the appellee, Carolyn Kelly, against her nine-year-old son. During an investigative interview on the same day with Amy…