Child Abuse is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of hurting, allowing a child to be in a situation where they could be hurt, or neglecting a child. With the closing of schools and children staying home with their families due to the Coronavirus, it seems that Child Abuse reporting rates have been dropping Continue Reading
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Fort Collins Mandatory Reporting AttorneyFailure to Report Child Abuse as a Mandatory Reporter
Recently, there have been a number of publicized cases, where school staff members have been charged with Failure to Report Child Abuse and Neglect after learning about sexual assault allegations. In Fort Collins and Larimer County, if you are a mandatory reporter, you are required by law to report ANY suspected child abuse or neglect, whether the alleged abuser is Continue Reading
Fort Collins Domestic Violence Attorney Mandatory Reporting and Domestic Violence
It is not very often that you see advocates and victims in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park pushing for fewer measures to be taken in order to ‘protect’ them, but that seems to be the issue Colorado lawmakers recently addressed. House Bill 17-1322 changed the mandatory reporting laws, as they apply to Domestic Violence situations. This bill proposed that a Continue Reading