J. H. v. Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

President Judge Cbumlish, Jr.,

J.H. appeals from a Department of Public Welfare (DPW) order which adopted the recommendation of the Hearing Officer denying his request to expunge his child abuse record. We affirm.

On January 31,1980, J.H. attempted to administer corporal punishment to his stepson, J.S., by striking him across the buttocks with an oiak stick. The child, however, spun around and ducked and the blow struck him on the head resulting in a laceration requiring six sutures.

A report of alleged abuse about the incident was filed with the Berks County Child Protective Service.…