Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
child abuse !
went to police to report abuse on a two yr old child.
the police contacted the mother and she denied anything ever happened. the police threatened me for false accused. eight months later i find out there medical records to verify what i reported. went back to police and they still did nothing. they ran a warrent check on me and followed me out of there county. i am not a criminal nor have any criminal history. are they mandated to report? what do i do?
my son is left to be the victim of even more abuse!!!
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: child abuse !
Child abuse is normally taken very seriously. Counties, if they can afford to, employee social workers to investigate child abuse charges.
However, when these charges are involved in a marital dispute between the father and mother, there is always a suspicion that the charges are false.
You have the right to go to the civil (family) court and seek custody of your child. If you have the evidence to prove abuse this is an alternative. If you're not listed as the father of the child, you'll have to start with a paternity action.
Anytime the police refuse to prosecute a crime you may go directly to the D. A., and report it. I've never done it. However, I had it done against a client of mine. So I know that method is available to overcome the reticence of some police to follow through with an investigation, and file charges.
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