Appeals Court: Social Workers Who Abuse Are Not Mandated To Report The Incidents
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that requiring a social worker who abuses a child to report that abuse under the Child Protection Law violates the social worker’s right against self-incrimination.
Michigan Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Include Non-Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse in Statutory Scheme of Criminal Penalties for Making a False Report
The COA held that the defendant was neither a mandatory reporter of child abuse nor did she make the report of child abuse herself, she was still criminally liable for the false report.