By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//January 11, 2013//
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Civil
Licensing – child care — hearings
Before a child care license can be revoked for a food stamp fraud conviction, the licensee has a right to a hearing under secs. 48.72 and 227.44.
“The record in the present case does not contain the complaint or any other document from which it can be clearly determined that Ms. Jamerson engaged in fraudulent activity. When the Department has the authority to impose the harsh penalty of a lifetime bar on licensure for decades-old convictions, the conviction under Wis. Stat. § 49.12 (1) and (6) must indeed be based on ‘fraudulent activity.’”
Affirmed.
Abrahamson, C.J.
Attorneys: For Appellant: Kastner, Jill M., Milwaukee; For Respondent: Burke, Mary E., Madison