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Moi
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Re: Why don't SM have any rights????

06/08/05 11:16 AM

Many states have laws concerning NOT reporting abuse or neglect. This is from the US Department of Health and Human Services:

"In addition to defining the acts or omissions that constitute child abuse or neglect,
several statutes provide specific definitions of the persons who are reportable under the civil child abuse reporting laws to child protective services as perpetrators of abuse and neglect. These are persons who have some relationship or regular responsibility for the child. This generally includes parents, guardians, foster parents, relatives, or other caretakers responsible for the child’s welfare."

Depending on Indiana's law (which I can not find beyond - IC 31-33-5-1
Duty to make report. Sec. 1. In addition to any other duty to report arising under this article, an individual who has reason to believe that a child is a victim of child abuse or neglect shall make a report as required by this article.) your husband as well as you would be guilty themselves of a misdemeanor offense for failure to report. (IC 31-33-22-1 Failure to make report. Sec. 1. (a) A person who knowingly fails to make a report required by IC 31-33-5-1 commits a Class B misdemeanor.)

Perhaps if you google those statutes and show THAT to your husband, he might change his tune if he sees in black and white he is guilty of a crime by doing nothing.

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Why don't SM have any rights????	mommynurse	06/07/05 05:34 PM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	EmC	06/08/05 09:52 AM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	Moi	06/08/05 11:16 AM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	mommynurse	06/08/05 04:31 PM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	TGSM	06/08/05 06:56 PM
I'd report it anyway... you have RN friends, right	YahYah	06/08/05 07:02 PM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	MaryWhoCares	06/08/05 08:26 AM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	Tweeby	06/08/05 06:56 AM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	TGSM	06/07/05 08:54 PM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	Loretta	06/07/05 07:10 PM
I feel your pain...	Miranda	06/07/05 07:37 PM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	Moi	06/07/05 05:57 PM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	mommynurse	06/07/05 07:06 PM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	Dee78	06/07/05 06:06 PM
Don't apologize for feeling the way you do &	YahYah	06/07/05 06:12 PM
Re: Why don't SM have any rights????	Maury	06/07/05 05:40 PM

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