P.R. v. Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare

759 A.2d 434 (2000)

P.R., Petitioner,

v.

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted on Briefs June 7, 2000.

Decided September 18, 2000.

Nadia Hewka, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Stephanie J. Marsh, Philadelphia, for respondent.

BEFORE: DOYLE, President Judge, COLINS, Judge, McGINLEY, Judge, SMITH, Judge, PELLEGRINI, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, FLAHERTY, Judge.

FLAHERTY, Judge.

P.R., the mother of D.N., petitions for review from an order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) which denied P.R.'s request that a report of child abuse against P.R. be…