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Child abuse

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The Georgia Tort Claims Act: A License For Negligence In Child Deprivation Cases?, Mauricia Allen Mar 2002

The Georgia Tort Claims Act: A License For Negligence In Child Deprivation Cases?, Mauricia Allen

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No abstract provided.


Cross-Examining Children In A Productive Manner Under Georgia's Child Hearsay Law, Margaret Ann Shannon May 1998

Cross-Examining Children In A Productive Manner Under Georgia's Child Hearsay Law, Margaret Ann Shannon

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No abstract provided.


Domestic Relations Parent And Child Relationship Generally: Establish New Protocols For Child Abuse Investigations, Deprivations, And Access To Records; Establish Battered Spouse And Child Defenses, Virginia Ann Johnson Sep 1993

Domestic Relations Parent And Child Relationship Generally: Establish New Protocols For Child Abuse Investigations, Deprivations, And Access To Records; Establish Battered Spouse And Child Defenses, Virginia Ann Johnson

Georgia State University Law Review

These Acts are a comprehensive reform to existing child abuse legislation. The Acts provide for law enforcement involvement in child abuse investigations, require each county to reform a child abuse committee and a child fatality subcommittee, and allow access to child abuse reports by child abuse committees, law enforcement personnel, school counselors, medical examiners, and certain state officials. They also require court approval to return a deprived child to his parents, and they establish a battered spouse or child defense.


The Georgia Child Hearsay Statute And The Sixth Amendment: Is There A Confrontation?, Nicki Noel Vaughan Sep 1993

The Georgia Child Hearsay Statute And The Sixth Amendment: Is There A Confrontation?, Nicki Noel Vaughan

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No abstract provided.


Social Services Programs And Protection For Children And Youth: Control Who May Have Access To Records Concerning Child Abuse Reports, Carol Ann Hendry Jan 1992

Social Services Programs And Protection For Children And Youth: Control Who May Have Access To Records Concerning Child Abuse Reports, Carol Ann Hendry

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The Act changes who may have access to child abuse records and what information such persons may be given. The Act also repeals the clause indicating that records shall not be released if such release would cause loss of federal funds.


Domestic Relations Child Abuse: Require Certain Individuals To Report, C. Christie Sep 1988

Domestic Relations Child Abuse: Require Certain Individuals To Report, C. Christie

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The Act adds child-counseling and service organization personnel to the list of individuals required to report child abuse. In addition, if anonymity is reasonably possible, photographs taken pursuant to the Act must not identify the subject.