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Walk It Through: The Report

The listed professions report on reasonable cause, abuse by any person, and anyone else may.

A juvenile officer has reasonable cause to suspect a child has been abused by a coach.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

A juvenile officer and two staff members. What counts as abuse or neglect, the immunity a good faith report carries, and the confidentiality of the reporter are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.