Brown v. Stangler

SPINDEN, Judge.

Alfred and Gwendolyn Brown appeal the circuit court’s dismissal of their petition for declaratory judgment against Gary Stangler, director of the Department of Social Services, and Carmen Schulze, director of the Division of Family Services. This case involves the Browns’ attempt to attack a determination by the Child Abuse and Neglect Review Board (CANRB)1 that the Browns neglected a foster child.

*708The Browns could have sought de novo judicial review of the CANRB’s decision with the circuit court, but they did not. Instead, they filed a declaratory judgment action seeking the…