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R.S. v. STATE

No. C6-89-824.

459 N.W.2d 680 (1990)

R.S., an adult, Respondent, v. STATE of Minnesota and Hennepin County, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 31, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin County Atty., Therese Galatowitsch, Minneapolis, and Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Julie K. Harris, David Iverson, St. Paul, for appellant.

Dennis L. Smith, Dennis D. Daly, Roseville, Theodore J. Collins, Collins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh, St. Paul, for respondent.

William J. Jeronimus, Staff Atty., Mn. County Attys. Ass'n, St. Paul, amicus curiae.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

WAHL, Justice.

This appeal by the State of Minnesota (state) and Hennepin County (county) concerns the Minnesota Reporting of Maltreatment of Minors Act, Minnesota Statutes section 626.556 (1988), a difficult and delicate area of the law involving the protection of children and the rights of parents. At issue here is whether section 626.556, subdivision 10(c), which authorizes local welfare and law enforcement officials to interview suspected victims of child abuse...

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