Mortimore v. Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare

SMITH, Judge.

Richard Scott Mortimore (R.S.M.) petitions for review of a final order of the Department of Public Welfare, Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), that adopted in its entirety the recommendation of an attorney examiner denying R.S.M.’s appeal of an indicated report of child abuse listing him as the perpetrator. R.S.M. questions whether the child victim’s statements were properly admitted into evidence, where the interviews were not recorded, no established protocol was followed and no psychological evaluation of the child victim was obtained. He also questions whether OHA’s order…