Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting for Lawyers and Judges
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Mandatory Child Abuse Reportingfor Lawyers and Judges
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Timothy Travis, JD
Travis Consulting Company
organization and systems collaborations
503 703 6630
“all in this together”
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Featuring…
“The Goose”
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It’s not my Daddy’s fault that
1. You have to do this
2. There is little new about this subject
so be nice to him!
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75% of child abuse reports in Oregon
come from mandatory reporters…
like you
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Outline of Presentation
1. how you got here.
2. the general rule
3. exceptions to the rule
4. not exceptions
5. the wages of non compliance
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How You Got Here
• consciousness of abuse and neglect
• doctors and teachers
• Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
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CAPTA, ICWA and PL 96-272 are the watershed of the national consensus
on child welfare policy
– ASFA, DRA and Fostering Connections
(and everything else in between or since) all elaborate on these three
statutes
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CAPTA Overviewminimum requirements
• Definitions of abuse
• Require certain professionals report
• hotline
• Failure can result in “criminal” and/or civil liability
• Immunity
• Confidentiality for reporters
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CAPTA (1974)
– “You will report…”
– Federal money tied to having a mandatory reporting law
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Confidentiality of reports…ORS 419B.035
Reports…are not accessible for public inspection…
But testimony may become necessary
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Immunity
Anyone participating in good faith in the making of a report of child abuse and who has reasonable grounds for the making thereof shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the making or content of such report. (ORS 419B.025)
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But mostly we are here, today, because…
ORS 9.114 Mandatory training on duties relating to reporting child abuse. The Oregon State Bar shall require that attorneys complete one hour of training every three years designed to provide education on the duties of attorneys under ORS 419B.010.
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lawyers and judges required to get training
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Which is why, every October through December, we get asked to help guide lawyers and judges through their reporting duties.
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lawyers and judges are the only mandatory reporters mandated to get training
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Why compulsory training only for lawyers?
We will come back to this
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Schools required to provide training to school personnel, but getting it
not a licensure requirement of individual mandatory reporters in
education.
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Outline of Presentation
1. how you got here.
2. the general rule
3. exceptions to the rule
4. not exceptions
5. the wages of non compliance
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Duty to ReportORS 419B.010(1) – Handout p 3 of Statutes
Any public or private official having reasonable cause to believe that any child with
whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse or that any person with whom
the official comes in contact has abused a child shall immediately report or cause a
report to be made in the manner required in ORS 419B.015.
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Duty to ReportORS 419B.010(1)
Any public or private official
having reasonable cause to believe that any child
with whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse
or that any person with whom the official comes in contact
has abused a child shall immediately
report or cause a report to be made in the manner required in ORS 419B.015
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My Mommy says that last slide shows That my Daddy has too much time on his hands
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1.Mandatory reporter
2.With reasonable belief
3.That abuse has occurred
4.Comes into contact
5.With victim or perpetrator
Duty to report arises when
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Complicated judgment calls…
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When it’s not all so clear, turn to…
POLICY
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Policy!• 419B.007 Policy. The Legislative Assembly finds
that for the purpose of facilitating the use of protective social services to prevent further abuse, safeguard and enhance the welfare of abused children, and preserve family life when consistent with the protection of the child by stabilizing the family and improving parental capacity, it is necessary and in the public interest to require mandatory reports and investigations of abuse of children and to encourage voluntary reports.
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1.Mandatory reporter
2.With reasonable belief
3.That abuse has occurred
4.Comes into contact
5.With victim or perpetrator
Duty to report arises when
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Analysis of Duty“Public Officials”
419B.005(3)
• Attorney (m)
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Why these people?
• All people in some states
• Most likely to come into contact with abuse situations (pragmatic)
• Reasonable to “deputize” those upon whom benefit/license is conferred (theoretical)
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• The list expands….
• The list does not contract…
• Legislators on the List…
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Welcome Aboard!
• 2009 Legislative Session adds:
Pharmacist
Physician, osteopathic physician, physician assistant, naturopathic physician, podiatric physician and surgeon, including any intern or resident
Licensed practical nurse [or], registered nurse, nurse practitioner, nurse’s aide, home health aide or employee of an in-home health service.
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Welcome Aboard!
• 2009 Legislature adds:
Physical, speech or occupational therapist.
Audiologist
Speech language pathologist
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1.Mandatory reporter
2.With reasonable belief
3.That abuse has occurred
4.Comes into contact
5.With victim or perpetrator
Duty to report arises when
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Analysis of Dutyreasonable cause to believe
419B.005(3) -- Page 2 of Statutes, Page 3 of FAQ
• No definition of reasonable cause.
• Beyond mere suspicion—based on facts
• “good faith determination that abuse has occurred based on facts reasonably believed”
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Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct(advisory?)
Rule 1.0(m)
“Reasonable Belief”…denotes that the lawyer believes…and that the
circumstances are such that the belief is reasonable.”
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Aunt Tillie?
A bus load of sisters?
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“…seemed reasonable to me at the time…”
Lawyer may not, however, be the final arbiter of whether his/her conclusion as to “reasonable” really was reasonable.
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1.Mandatory reporter
2.With reasonable belief
3.That abuse has occurred
4.Comes into contact
5.With victim or perpetrator
Duty to report arises when
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CAPTA: minimum definition of abuse is any recent failure to act:
• Resulting in imminent risk of serious harm, death, serious physical or emotional harm, sex abuse or exploitation.
• Of a child
• By parent or caretaker responsible for child’s welfare
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Analysis of Duty“suffered abuse”
• Definition of Abuse -- ORS 419B.005(1)(a)
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What is child abuse, anyway?ORS 419B.005
(1)(a) “Abuse” means:
(A) Any assault, as defined in ORS chapter 163, of a child and any physical injury to a child which has been caused by other than accidental means, including any injury which appears to be
at variance with the explanation given of the injury.
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“…as defined by (criminal statute)”
• Does not mean that perpetrator is charged with crime
• Does not mean that that the criminal law standard (beyond reasonable doubt) applies unless there is a criminal prosecution
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Intentional act is abuse even if the intent was not to cause harm…
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What is child abuse, anyway? ORS 419B.005
(1)(a) “Abuse” means: (B) Any mental injury to a child, which shall
include only observable and substantial impairment of the child’s
mental or psychological ability to function caused by cruelty to the
child, with due regard to the culture of the child.
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What is child abuse, anyway? ORS 419B.005
(1)(a) “Abuse” means:
(C) Rape of a child, which includes but is not limited to rape, sodomy, unlawful sexual penetration and
incest, as those acts are defined in ORS chapter 163.
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Require report of all pregnancies of women under 18?
“…turned out to be an honest but misguided interpretation by a particular state agency… discouraging access to vital prenatal care which ran the risk of making a bad situation worse.”
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What is child abuse, anyway? ORS 419B.005
(1)(a) “Abuse” means:
Sexual exploitation, including but not limited to:
non educational use of children to depict sexual conduct
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Non educational Use?
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What is child abuse, anyway? ORS 419B.005
(1)(a) “Abuse” means:
(E) Sexual exploitation, including but not limited to:
(ii) Allowing, permitting, encouraging or hiring a child to
engage in prostitution, as defined in ORS chapter 167.
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What is child abuse, anyway? ORS 419B.005
(1)(a) “Abuse” means:
(F) Negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child, including but
not limited to the failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter or
medical care that is likely to endanger the health or welfare of the child.
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Ms. Travis contemplates duty to report upon seeing parent giving child a trans-fatty
hamburger
SomeIdeas ofNeglect
Are Highly
Subjective
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Sometimes…
Res
Ispa
Loquitor
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What is child abuse, anyway? ORS 419B.005
(1)(a) “Abuse” means:
(G) Threatened harm (of type listed herein) to a child, which means
subjecting a child to a substantial risk of harm to the child’s health or
welfare.
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What is child abuse, anyway? ORS 419B.005
(1)(a) “Abuse” means:
(H) Buying or selling a person under 18 years of age as described in ORS
163.537.
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(1)(a) “Abuse” means:
(I) Permitting a person under 18 years of age to enter or remain in a place where methamphetamines are being
manufactured.
What is child abuse, anyway? ORS 419B.005
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What is child abuse, anyway? ORS 419B.005
(1)(b) “Abuse” does not include reasonable
discipline unless the discipline results in one
of the conditions described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
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Reasonableness of what?
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1.Mandatory reporter
2.With reasonable belief
3.That abuse has occurred
4.Comes into contact
5.With victim or perpetrator
Duty to report arises when
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Personally? Phone? Letter? Drive by?
Analysis of duty”come into contact with…”
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Analysis of Duty“come into contact with”
Not reasonable cause based on contact…second hand information can create the duty to report if it creates reasonable cause to believe and reporter has contact…
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1.Mandatory reporter
2.With reasonable belief
3.That abuse has occurred
4.Comes into contact
5.With victim or perpetrator
Duty to report arises when
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Analysis of Duty“any child”
• Unmarried person under the age of 18
• Adults? (abused as a child?)– No duty– Moral obligation?– Advise victim to report?
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Analysis of Duty -- “perpetrator”
not necessarily an adult…
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1.Mandatory reporter
2.With reasonable belief
3.That abuse has occurred
4.Comes into contact
5.With victim or perpetrator
Duty to report arises when
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Outline of Presentation
• 1. how you got here.
• 2. the general rule
• 3. exceptions to the rule
• 4. not exceptions
• 5. the wages of non compliance
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Outline of Presentation
1. how you got here.
2. the general rule
3. exceptions to the rule
4. not exceptions
5. the wages of non compliance
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Exceptions
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Duty to Report First Exception
Privilege ORS 419B.010(1)
…Nothing contained in ORS 40.225 to 40.295 shall affect the duty to report imposed by this section, except that a
psychiatrist, psychologist, member of the clergy or attorney shall not be required to report such information
communicated by a person if the communication is privileged under ORS 40.225 to 40.295.
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Analysis of Dutyfirst exception
Attorney-Client Privilege
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ORS 40.225 Rule 503. Lawyer-client privilege
(2) A client has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing
confidential communications made for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional legal services to the client
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for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional legal services?
A client in a divorce action tells her lawyer that she is afraid that her husband will find out she abused their son.
A client in a real estate transaction tells her lawyer that she is afraid that she sent her daughter to school with welts on her legs from a spanking with a coat hanger.
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Privileges…
• A privilege excuses the duty to report…
• …but (except for lawyer client privilege) is not a ground to exclude evidence
• See ORS 419B.040
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Oregon Rules Professional Conduct - Confidentiality
Related to the representation
In a former or current professional relationship
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Related to the Representation?
• 1. A lawyer representing a client in a domestic relations case in which child abuse is not an issue learns that his client has abused a child of the marriage.
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Related to the Representation?
• 1.a. A lawyer representing a client in a domestic relations case learns that his client has abused an unrelated child.
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Related to the Representation?
• 2. A lawyer representing a client in a real estate transaction learns that his client has abused his child.
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Related to the Representation?
• 2.a. A lawyer representing a client in a real estate transaction learns that his client is having an ongoing sexual relationship with a 16 year old girl.
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When is ORPC Rule 1.6(b)(5) pertinent?
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Duty To ReportSecond Exception
learned of abuse from a report
ORS 419B.010(2)
…a report need not be made … if the … official acquires information relating to abuse by reason of a report made under this section, or by reason of a proceeding arising
out of a report made under this section, and the … official reasonably believes that the information is already known
by a law enforcement agency or the Department of Human Services.
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Outline of Presentation
1. how you got here.
2. the general rule
3. exceptions to the rule
4. not exceptions
5. the wages of non compliance
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NOT an exception
Not in the line of duty?
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Duty exists 24/7…
…not just while doing legal things
…since 1991
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Not an exception….
Out of Oregon?
But really?
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While we’re out of state
all mandatory child abuse laws are a little different
• Represent mandatory reporters who do business in other states? (make sure they know the law…)
• Represent clients in other states? (make sure you know the law…)
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Outline of Presentation
1. how you got here.
2. the general rule
3. exceptions to the rule
4. not exceptions
5. the wages of non compliance
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Violation Liability
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Duty to ReportPenalty for Not Reporting
ORS 419B.010(3)
A person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a Class A violation. Prosecution
under this subsection shall be commenced at any time within 18 months after commission of the
offense
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Prosecutions?
Really?
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Class A violation
153.018 Schedule of penalties. (1) The penalty for committing a violation is a fine.
…(2) Except as provided in this section, a sentence to pay a fine for a violation shall be a sentence to pay an amount not exceeding:(a) $720 for a Class A violation.
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Civil Liability
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But for failure to make report (to fulfill statutory
duty)…
Theory of recovery?
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Private Right of Action
PLF has defended…and paid to settle…two claims arising out of a lawyer’s failure to report when there was no privilege or other exception that excused the duty to report…
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Repeal private right of action?
Legislature passed-But Governor vetoed-
a bill depriving victim of private right of action for failure to report child abuse
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Private right of action unsettled in Oregon
What effect that legislative process specificallyconsidered but failed to abolish private rightof action?
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Duty exists 24/7…
…not just while doing legal things
…since 1991
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Query:
Who defends you on an “out of the line of duty” claim…
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Not the PLF…
Read the contract
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Homeowners policy?
“sounds in intentional
tort”
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Analysis of Duty
“immediately”
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Analysis of Duty “report or cause report to be
made”
(ORS 419B.015)
Oral report allows for questioning to gather maximum information
Contents of report
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What’s required by law?
ORS 419B.015
…Such reports shall contain, if known, the names and addresses of the child and the parents of the child or other persons responsible for care of the child, the child’s age, the nature and extent of the abuse, including any evidence of previous abuse, the explanation given for the abuse and any other information which the person making the report believes might be helpful in establishing the cause of the abuse and the identity of the perpetrator…
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Anonymous Reports
– Civil Suit?
– Violation?
on the record report insulates reporter from liability or penalty as well as providing maximum information
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Hypothetical #1
Almost every morning on your way to work (anytime between 6:45 and 8:15 am) you see a boy who looks to be about ten years old playing alone in the park. Rain or shine he’s wearing a T shirt and blue jeans—nothing else.
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Hypothetical #2
In the State of Montana on vacation you hear a waitress in the diner talking about her next door neighbor who makes her daughter kneel (bare kneed) on uncooked kernels of rice when she misbehaves. A twelve year old girl enters the diner and, in overhearing their conversation you become aware of the fact that this is the daughter.
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Hypothetical #3
Your best friend and golfing partner, the Right Reverend Charles MacMillan, tells you that on the way to the course he saw a boy whose father was beating him with an orange stick. The boy had on red tennis shoes and blue jeans and a t- shirt that said “Ape Shirt” on the front of it. On the way home you see a boy wearing those clothes walking along the street limping.
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Hypothetical #4
Two women are riding a motorcycle (one behind the other). Although they are wearing helmets a child who appears to be about three years old is seated between them with no helmet on. You see the license number of the motorcycle.
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Last hypothetical…
You leave your office for the evening and stop to buy some groceries. At the check stand you see a young woman with a child. She becomes frustrated and slaps the child, leaving red mark on the child’s cheek
Same but the woman loudly ridicules and chastises the child for no apparent reason. The child begins to shake and wets her pants.
Same except that the woman is standing with the child who has a black eye, finger shaped bruises on her arm and looks very dirty.
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Resources
Questions and Answers about reporting abuse in Oregon
(not about ethics)
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/abuse/cps/report.shtml
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Hot lines…
503 494 7300
503 731 3100
503 670 0246
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Duty exists 24/7…
…not just while doing legal things
…since 1991
Luci update…