A.J. v. State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

PATTERSON, Judge.

A.J. and J.C. appeal from a final order of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) which denies their request for expunction and confirms the report declaring them to be guilty of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of C.J., an aged and disabled adult. We affirm the final order as to A.J., the guardian, and reverse as to J.C., a chiropractic physician.

In 1988, A.J. was appointed guardian of C.J., a seventy-nine-year-old man adjudicated to be incapacitated. J.C., a chiropractor, is her husband. In October 1991, HRS rendered an abuse report determining the…