STATE v. HILL


232 N.J. Super. 353 (1989)

556 A.2d 1325

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. PATRICIA L. HILL AND DAVID STAMPS, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Somerset County.

Decided February 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Spagnoli for plaintiff (Nicholas L. Bissell, Jr., Prosecutor of Somerset County, Atty.).

Frank J. Stanley, III, and Joan G. Geiger for defendant Patricia Hill.


IMBRIANI, J.S.C.

N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.10 requires any person who has reasonable cause to believe that a child has been subjected to child abuse or acts of child abuse to report such conduct to the Division of Youth and Family Services by telephone or otherwise. Child abuse is defined as the unnecessary infliction of suffering or pain, mental or physical, upon a child. N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.14. To encourage the making of such reports the Legislature provided that...

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