State v. M.L.A.

OPINION

LARKIN, Judge.

Appellant Commissioner of Human Services claims that the district court exceeded its inherent authority by ordering the expungement of records maintained outside of the judicial branch, and utilized by the Department of Human Services (DHS), regarding respondent M.L.M.’s criminal conviction. The district court ordered expungement in an effort to assist M.L.M. to obtain her employment goals. Because assisting an individual to achieve his or her employment goals is not necessary to the performance of the judiciary’s function as contemplated in our state constitution, the…