Abstract
Ever since the United States Supreme Court first recognized that the Constitution protects its citizens' right to privacy, the boundaries of that right have been ill defined. The Court has acknowledged that the Constitution specifically protects individual and familial privacy interests. These privacy interests prohibit government intervention in decision making and restrict the government's ability to collect and maintain personal information. While these basic principles of privacy are clearly established, lower courts have had difficulty determining the extent of the protection these rights afford when the government investigates a family for suspected child abuse.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Joni
(1995)
"Maintaining Unsubstantiated Records
of "Suspected" Child Abuse: Much
Ado About Nothing or a Violation
of the Right to Privacy?,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1995:
No.
3, Article 4.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1995/iss3/4