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child abuse

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Child in need of care and protection

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Children

Children. The word child in legal documents means a legitimate child unless otherwise declared by statute. See Morris v. … presume (s. 99) the age of a child or young persons and deal with the case accordingly, see ABUSING CHILDREN. To unlawfully abandon or expose a child under two to the danger of life or probability of

battered child syndrome

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tender years exception

to the hearsay rule in some jurisdictions that allows the use of an out-of-court statement by a young child in an abuse or neglect case if the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indications

mandated reporter

physician, teacher, or counselor) that requires him or her to report to the appropriate state agency cases of child abuse that he or she has reasonable cause to suspect

foster home

foster home : a household in which care is provided to a child who has been orphaned or removed from the home of his or her natural parents (as for reasons … has been orphaned or removed from the home of his or her natural parents (as for reasons of abuse, neglect, or delinquency)

neglect

: a disregard of duty resulting from carelessness, indifference, or willfulness ;esp : a failure to provide a child under one's care with proper food, clothing, shelter, supervision, medical care, or emotional stability compare abuse, negligence neglect

order

part of individual pension, profit sharing, or retirement benefits usually to a divorcing spouse (as for alimony or child support) NOTE: The alienation or assignment of funds under a qualified domestic relations order does not affect the … duration issued after a hearing attended by all parties that is intended to protect one individual from violence, abuse, harassment, or stalking by another esp. by prohibiting or restricting access or proximity to the protected party [excluded

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