Legal Opinion
R.S. v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 31, 1990No. C6-89-824PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
This appeal by the State of Minnesota (state) and Hennepin County (county) concerns the Minnesota Reporting of Maltreatment of Minors Act, Minnesota Statutes section 626.556 (1988), a difficult and delicate area of the law involving the protection of children and the rights of parents. At issue here is whether section 626.556, subdivision 10(c), which authorizes local welfare and law enforcement officials to interview suspected victims of child abuse without parental notification and consent, authorizes such an interview where there is an anonymous report of suspected abuse and…
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