{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.931","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.931","heading":"Penalty for filing complaint or cooperating in investigation prohibited; intentional false complaint.","body":"Sec. 11.\n\n(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(3) A report by the child advocate is not subject to prior approval by a person outside of the office.\n\n(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.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 722","Act Act-204-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-722-931","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"bd97d41752eefa6f0bedc9d34b975a988c7ba238db50cb5ae609d23c6c60e118","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.930","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.932"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}