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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 722 - Children
Act 204 of 1994 - The Children's Ombudsman Act (722.921 - 722.935)
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 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 560, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 303, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
- Section 722.921 - Short Title.
- Section 722.922 - Definitions.
- Section 722.923 - Office of the Child Advocate; Establishment; Appointment; Removal.
- Section 722.924 - Procedures; Training; Complaint; Investigation; Notification of Safety Concerns.
- Section 722.925 - Individuals Making Complaint to Child Advocate.
- Section 722.925a - Child Advocate; Powers.
- Section 722.926 - Victim of Child Abuse or Child Neglect; Powers of Child Advocate; Child Fatality Cases; Investigation.
- Section 722.927 - 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 - 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 - Confidentiality of Record of Child Advocate's Office; Disclosure; Limitations; Release of Certain Information.
- Section 722.930 - 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 - Penalty for Filing Complaint or Cooperating in Investigation Prohibited; Intentional False Complaint.
- Section 722.932 - Authority Granted Under Other Acts or Rules.
- Section 722.933-722.935 - Repealed. 2004, Act 560, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005.
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