LC v. DPW - Cmwlth. Court - October 29, 2009
http://origin-www.courts.state.pa.us/OpPosting/Cwealth/out/189CD09_10-29-09.pdf
DPW was not required to wait until appellant's criminal appeals were finally resolved to list him as an abuser in a "founded" report. Section 6303 of the Child Protective Services Law defines “founded report” as a child abuse report made pursuant to “any judicial adjudication” of guilt to a criminal charge involving the same factual circumstances involved in the allegation of child abuse. 23 Pa. C.S. §6303. Thus, DPW was not required to wait until L.C. exhausted his appeals to list him as an abuser in a “founded report.”
