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COVELL v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

439 Mass. 766 (2003)

WAYNE E. COVELL v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

July 17, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ginny Sinkel, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

James R. McMahon, Jr., for the plaintiff.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, SPINA, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

SOSMAN, J.

After a hearing officer affirmed the decision of the Department of Social Services (department) to "support" an allegation of child abuse (see G. L. c. 119, § 51B; 110 Code Mass. Regs. § 4.32 [2000]) and to list the plaintiff's name on the department's registry of alleged perpetrators (see G. L. c. 119, § 51F; 110 Code Mass. Regs. § 4.36 [1996]), the plaintiff, Wayne E. Covell, sought judicial review of that decision. A judge in the...

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