Hessel v. Missouri Department of Social Services, Children's Division

KURT S. ODENWALD, Judge.

Introduction

Missouri Department of Social Services, Children’s Division (“Division”) appeals from the trial court’s judgment ordering the Child Abuse and Neglect Review Board (“CANRB”) to review Division’s determination that Mary Hessel (“Hessel”) committed child neglect, and ordering Division to remove Hessel’s name from a registry of persons determined to have committed child abuse or neglect. CANRB refused to review Division’s determination that Hessel committed child neglect because CANRB alleged that an earlier court adjudication concerning the same facts deprived…