ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE - FY 2012 – 2013: False Reports of Child Abuse, Neglect or Abandonment Referred to Law Enforcement

ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE - FY 2012 – 2013: False Reports of Child Abuse, Neglect or Abandonment Referred to Law Enforcement

As directed by s. 39.205(7), F.S., the Department of Children and Families provides the 

legislature with the number of suspected false reports referred to law enforcement for a 

criminal investigation as a result of initiating a child protective investigation within the past 

year. Florida law defines “false report” as any allegation reported maliciously to the Florida 

Abuse Hotline