In re C.M.

C.M. (father) appeals an order of the Vermont Human Services Board denying his request to expunge from the child-abuse registry two findings that he sexually abused his daughter, M.M. See 33 V.S.A. § 4916(h). He claims that the Board’s ruling should be reversed because the Board (1) erred in reaching a conclusion inconsistent with the hearing officer’s findings, and (2) failed to apply V.R.E. 804a to determine the admissibility of the child victim’s hearsay testimony. We reverse the Board’s ruling, adopt the findings of the hearing officer and order the Commissioner of Social and…