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Arizona Department of Child Safety
Phone: Child Abuse Hotline 1-888-767-2445
The law allows DCS to release records only in cases of abuse, abandonment or neglect resulting in a fatality or a near fatality. There must be medical proof or other evidence that the fatality or near fatality was caused by abuse or neglect.
Among the information DCS considers when determining that a child’s death was the result of abuse or neglect are:
In addition, in the case of a near fatality, a physician must certify that the child was in serious or critical condition due to the abuse or neglect.
If there is insufficient information available to believe that the fatality or near fatality was caused by maltreatment, the Department, by federal and state law, cannot release records in the case.