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Office on Child Abuse and Neglect42 U.S.C. § 5101

Subchapter I · General Program · Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act · United States Code, 2024 edition

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1 opinion cite 42 U.S.C. § 5101

  1. Ankenbrandt ex rel. L.R. v. Richards 504 U.S. 689 · US504-689 · U.S. Supreme Court 1992

    Reversed & remanded This opinion cites 42 U.S.C. § 5101 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 1324 in all courts

    The domestic relations exception covers only divorce, alimony and custody decrees, not a tort suit over child abuse, and Younger abstention was improper.

    …and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, 92 Stat. 208— 211, 42 U. S. C. §§ 5111-5115 ; Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 88 Stat. 4 , 42 U. S. C. § 5101 et seq. Like the diversity statute, the federal-question grant of jurisdiction in Article III of the Constitution limits the judicial power in…

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2 sections of law cite 42 U.S.C. § 5101

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  1. 42 U.S.C. § 5107 Discretionary programs; authorization of appropriations (a)(2)(a)(3)
  2. 45 C.F.R. § 1357.15 Comprehensive child and family services plan requirements (a)(2)(ii)

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(a) Establishment. The Secretary of Health and Human Services may establish an office to be known as the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect.

(b) Purpose. The purpose of the Office established under subsection (a) shall be to execute and coordinate the functions and activities of this subchapter and subchapter III. In the event that such functions and activities are performed by another entity or entities within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary shall ensure that such functions and activities are executed with the necessary expertise and in a fully coordinated manner involving regular intradepartmental and interdepartmental consultation with all agencies involved in child abuse and neglect activities.

Source. (Pub. L. 93–247, title I, §101, formerly §2, Jan. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 5; Pub. L. 93–644, §8(d)(1), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2310; Pub. L. 95–266, title I, §101, Apr. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 205; Pub. L. 98–457, title I, §101, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1749; Pub. L. 99–401, title I, §103(a), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 100–294, title I, §101, Apr. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 103; renumbered title I, §101, Pub. L. 101–126, §3(a)(1), (2), Oct. 25, 1989, 103 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 104–235, title I, §101, Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3064.)