MCL - Act 204 of 1994
AN ACT to establish the office of the child advocate; to prescribe the powers and duties of the child advocate, certain state departments and officers, certain county and private agencies serving children, and certain residential facilities providing juvenile justice services; and to provide remedies from certain administrative acts.
History: 1994, Act 204, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995
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Am. 2004, Act 560, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005
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Am. 2023, Act 303, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
| Document | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Section 722.921 | Section | Short title. |
| Section 722.922 | Section | Definitions. |
| Section 722.923 | Section | Office of the child advocate; establishment; appointment; removal. |
| Section 722.924 | Section | Procedures; training; complaint; investigation; notification of safety concerns. |
| Section 722.925 | Section | Individuals making complaint to child advocate. |
| Section 722.925a | Section | Child advocate; powers. |
| Section 722.926 | Section | Victim of child abuse or child neglect; powers of child advocate; child fatality cases; investigation. |
| Section 722.927 | Section | Decision to investigate; notice; pursuing administrative remedies or channels of complaint; further investigation; violation of state or federal criminal law; complaint against child placing agency; petition requesting court jurisdiction or termination of parental rights. |
| Section 722.928 | Section | Department, child placing agency, and residential facility; duties; information to be provided to biological parent, adoptive parent, or foster parent; access to departmental computer networks. |
| Section 722.929 | Section | Confidentiality of record of child advocate's office; disclosure; limitations; release of certain information. |
| Section 722.930 | Section | Report of findings; recommendations; consultation with individual, department, child placing agency, or residential facility; publication of adverse opinion; notice of actions; information provided to complainant; child fatality investigation; report. |
| Section 722.931 | Section | Penalty for filing complaint or cooperating in investigation prohibited; intentional false complaint. |
| Section 722.932 | Section | Authority granted under other acts or rules. |
| Section 722.933-722.935 | Section | Repealed. 2004, Act 560, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005. |