ORS 419B.016: Offense of false report of child abuse.
Where this section sits in the code
- 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services
- 34. Human Services; Juvenile Code; Corrections
- Chapter 419B — Juvenile Code: Dependency
(1) A person commits the offense of making a false report of child abuse if, with the intent to influence a custody, parenting time, visitation or child support decision, the person:
(a) Makes a false report of child abuse to the Department of Human Services or a law enforcement agency, knowing that the report is false; or
(b) With the intent that a public or private official make a report of child abuse to the Department of Human Services or a law enforcement agency, makes a false report of child abuse to the public or private official, knowing that the report is false.
(2) Making a false report of child abuse is a Class A violation.
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