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34 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 482 (1965-1966)
Child Abuse Reporting Laws--Some Legislative History

handle is hein.journals/gwlr34 and id is 496 raw text is: Child Abuse Reporting Laws- Some Legislative Historyt MONRAD PAULSEN* GRAHAM PARKER LYNN ADELMAN*** Since c962, forty-seven states have passed statutes to curb child abuse.' Seldom in the nation's history has a specific kind of legislation been enacted so quickly in so many states. Legislative proposals were not opposed on the ground that the objectives sought were undesirable; they evoked no dissent even from leg- tResearch for this article was made possible through a grant made available by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Child Welfare Research and Demonstra- tion Grants Program No. PR-8oo. Miss Charlotte Ann Moses, a second year student at the Columbia University School of Law, assisted in the preparation of this article. *Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law. A.A., A.B., J.D., University of Chicago. 'Associate Professor of Law, Osgood Hall, University of Toronto. LL.B., LL.M., Uni- versity of Adelaide, Australia. 'Research Assistant, Columbia University School of Law, A.B., Princeton University; LL.B., Columbia University. %. The states which have not passed such legislation are Hawaii, Mississippi, and Vir- ginia. The statutes which have been passed are: Ala. Laws 1965, ch. 563; Alaska Stat. §§ -'.67.oo - .070 (Supp. 1965); Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 13-842.01 (Supp. 1965); Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 42-8o - 8o6 (Supp. 1965); Cal. Pen. Code § 11161.5 (Supp. 1965); Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 22-13-1 -7 (%963); Pub. Acts of Conn., special sess., Feb. %965, no. 580; 55 Del. Laws 1965, ch. 50; Fla. Stat. Ann. § 828.o4i (1965); Ga. Code Ann. § 74-=1: (Supp. 1965); Idaho Code Ann. § 16-164% (Supp. x965); II. Ann. Stat. ch. 23, §§ 2041 - 47 (Smith-Hurd Supp. %965); Ind. Ann. Stat. §§ 52-1419 - 25 (Supp. 1965); Iowa Acts %965, Senate File 50; Kan. Laws 1965, ch. 386; Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 199.335 (Supp. 1965); La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:403 (Supp. 1964); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 22, ch. 1O56, added by Me. Laws 1965, ch. 68; Md. Ann. Code art. 27, § IiA (Supp. 1965); Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 119, § 39A (965); Mich. Stat. Ann. § 14.564(1)-(5) (Supp. 1964); Minn. Stat. Ann. § 626.554 (Supp. 1965); Mo. Ann. Stat. § 2o.io5 (Supp. 1965); Mont. Rev. Codes Ann. §§ 1o-9o - 9o5 (Supp. %965); Laws of Neb. 1965 ch. 2o6; Stat. of Nev. %964-65 ch. 258, amending Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. oo March 1966 Vol. 34 No. 3

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