MCL - Section 722.931

OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 204 of 1994


722.931 Penalty for filing complaint or cooperating in investigation prohibited; intentional false complaint.

Sec. 11.

    (1) Subject to subsection (4), an official, the department, a child placing agency, or a residential facility must not penalize any person for filing a complaint or cooperating with the child advocate in investigating a complaint.
    (2) An individual, the department, an adoption attorney, a child placing agency, or a residential facility must not hinder the lawful actions of the child advocate or his or her employees.
    (3) A report by the child advocate is not subject to prior approval by a person outside of the office.
    (4) An individual who intentionally makes a false complaint of child abuse or child neglect under this act is subject to the penalties contained in section 13(5) of the child protection law, MCL 722.633.
    
    


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