J.W. v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

J.W., K.W. and S.W. (Petitioners) petition for review of the February 26, 2010, order of the Department of Public Welfare’s (DPW) Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (Bureau), which denied Petitioners’ challenge to the filing of indicated reports of child abuse against them with the Child-Line Registry. We reverse.

J.W. is the maternal grandmother of N.W., a female child born on February 18, 2007. K.W. is the child’s father, and S.W. is the paramour of K.W. (Findings of Fact, Nos. 1-4.) K.W. received full custody of his daughter on October 30, 2008, and, thereafter,…