Children & Youth Services Division v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

Senior Judge Narick,

Northampton County Children and Youth Services (CCYS) has appealed from an order of the Department *603of Public Welfare (DPW) adopting a hearing examiners recommendation to expunge the indicated report of sexual abuse by J.K. maintained under the Child Protective Services Law (Law), Act of November 26, 1975, P.L. 438, as amended, 11 P.S. §§2201-2224.1

On Sunday, June 3, 1984, A.K., a child almost four years old, returned from a weekend visitation with her father, J.K. That evening, as A.K.’s mother, M.K., was bathing her, she observed redness and swelling in the…