State Ex Rel. Tarver v. Smith

The juvenile court for King County, in hearing a matter involving relator’s custody of her three children, received and reviewed a caseworker’s report. A copy of this report still remains in the records and files of the Department of Public Assistance. Asserting that this report contains false, misleading and prejudicial statements concerning her and her family, relator requested the department to conduct what the statute refers to as a fair hearing. RCW 74.08.070. Her purpose was not to change or increase the amount or rate of public assistance to which she might be eligible but rather to…