Legal Opinion

A.O. v. Department of Public Welfare

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 16, 2003PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

President Judge COLINS.

A.O. petitions for review of the November 20, 2002 order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), that upheld the September 5, 2002 order of DPW’s Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (BHA), adopting the recommendation of the Attorney Examiner to deny A.O.’s request to expunge an indicated report of child abuse naming A.O. as perpetrator, filed by the Lancaster County Children and Youth Social Service Agency (Agency) pursuant to the Child Protective Services Law (Law). 1

The victim, S.R., currently age 4, lives with her mother, father, and two brothers, B.R. and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. R. v. Com., Dept. of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  2. A.Y. v. Commonwealth Department of Public Welfare, Allegheny County Children & Youth ServicesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Northwestern Institute of Psychiatry v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. G. S. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. B.E. v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. B.K. v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. G.V. v. Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  3. R.J.W. v. Department of Human ServicesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Pellizzeri v. Bureau of Professional & Occupational AffairsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. R.A. v. Commonwealth, Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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