Put “Checks and Balances” Back in Child Protective Services

The petition

In the state of California professionals who report child abuse have “absolute immunity” to any prosecution. This means that a professional who is responsible for giving an accurate, unbiased report regarding child abuse to the court can fabricate the report in part or in whole and can give false testimony without fear of any accountability or prosecution. Absolute immunity was meant to protect initial child abuse reporters to insure that child abuse would be reported and reported in a timely manner. Unfortunately the law never made a distinction between initial reporters and those responsible for giving an accurate, unbiased assessment to the court.

It is therefore the desire of the undersigned to change the “absolute immunity” law to include a provision stating that people who are responsible for accurate and unbiased reporting of child abuse to the state department of children’s services and/or the court shall be held accountable and prosecutable to the full extent of the law.

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