Penalties for Failure to Report and False Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect - Guam
Date: February 2019
Failure to Report
Citation: Ann. Code Tit. 19, § 13207
Any person required to report who fails to report an instance of child abuse that he or she knows to exist or reasonably should know to exist is guilty of a misdemeanor that is punishable by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 6 months or a fine of no more than $1,000, or both.
A second or subsequent conviction shall be a felony in the third degree.
False Reporting
This issue is not addressed in the statutes reviewed.