Golden Spread Council, Inc. 562 of the Boy Scouts of America v. Akins

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1996-07-12

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Justice CORNYN, concurring. I agree with the Court’s judgment, which remands this case for a trial. I write separately, however, because section 261.101(a) of the Family Code imposes an independent duty to report abuse or neglect of a child, and that duty should be acknowledged by the Court as an additional basis of civil liability. Instead, under the narrow duty imposed by the Court, a person who knows that…

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