R.W. v. Department of Human Services

OPINION BY Judge

RENÉE COHN JUBELIRER.

R.W. (Mother) petitions for review of the Order of the Department of Human Services (DHS), Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (BHA), that adopted the Adjudication and Recommendation of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to deny Mother’s appeal and request to expunge an indicated report naming her as a perpetrator of child abuse by omission under the Child Protective Services Law (CPSL).1 Mother argues that the County Office of Children & Youth Services (CYS) did not meet its burden of proof because there is no evidence that Mother knew or should have known that…