GLOUCESTER DEPT. OF SOC. SERV. v. Kennedy

507 S.E.2d 81 (1998)

GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

v.

John Joseph KENNEDY, Jr.

Record No. 980100.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 6, 1998.

Thomas R. Robinett, County Attorney, Gloucester, for appellant.

Breckenridge Ingles (Martin, Ingles & Ingles, on brief), Gloucester, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this appeal, we must construe Code § 63.1-248.5:1(C). The statute deals with the report of investigation prepared by a local department of social services following receipt of information or allegation of child abuse or neglect.

Subsection (C) provides:

"An…