Legal Opinion
J.M. v. Department of Public Welfare
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 12, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.
J.M. (Father) petitions for review of the December 8, 2011, final order of the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), which upheld the July 22, 2011, order of the DPW’s Bureau of-Hearings and Appeals (BHA). The BHA adopted the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissing Father’s administrative appeal to expunge the indicated report of sexual abuse of his daughter, 1.M. (Child). We reverse.
On April 18, 2009, a caseworker from the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS) received an oral report from Childline that Father…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- A.Y. v. Commonwealth Department of Public Welfare, Allegheny County Children & Youth ServicesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Bucks County Children & Youth Social Services Agency v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- G.V. v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- D.P. v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
3Cited by4 opinions
- G.V. v. Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- C.E. v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- C.E. v. DPWCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- K. Hinnershitz and M. Torres-Columbo v. DPWCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015