Regulation .03 Burden of Proof.

A responsible relative claiming to have been abused, sexually abused, abandoned, or subjected to a crime of violence by the recipient of services shall have the burden of establishing to the satisfaction of the Department by a preponderance of the evidence that the legally responsible relative was abandoned, abused, sexually abused, or subjected to a crime of violence by the recipient of services.

Acceptable evidence for abuse and crimes of violence includes, but is not limited to:

Acceptable evidence for abandonment includes, but is not limited to, affidavits from disinterested parties of the facts surrounding the abandonment.