B.E. v. Department of Public Welfare

NEWMAN, Judge.

On behalf of B.E., B.E.’s mother appeals an order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) denying B.E.’s petition for the expungement of a child abuse report that accuses B.E. of abusing a four year-old child, G.M., Jr. We affirm DEW'S denial of the expungement of this record.

On March 1, 1989, Luzerne County Children and Youth Services received a report of suspected child abuse by B.E., alleging B.E. held G.M., Jr. down and forced transformer toys into G.M., Jr.’s rectum on February 16, 1989. This alleged incident occurred in the home of G.M., Jr.’s father (G.M., Sr.) while…