J.C. v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

J.C. (Mother) petitions for review from an order of the Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (DPW), denying her request for expungement from the ChildLine Registry. 1 Mother argues that the initial report of child abuse should be deemed “unfounded” by operation of law because a final determination was not made within the 60-day time limit of Section 6337(b) of the Child Protective Services Law (Law), 23 Pa.C.S. § 6337(b). Rejecting this argument, we affirm.

In February 2006, ChildLine forwarded a report of suspected child abuse to Butler County…