Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.06 ยง 8.06.040 | 2020

Any person participating in good faith in the making of a report pursuant to this Chapter or testifying as to the alleged child abuse or neglect in a judicial proceeding under this Title shall, in so doing, be immune from any liability arising out of such reporting or testifying under any law of the Lummi Nation. Any report conforming with the reporting requirements of this Chapter shall not be deemed a violation of any confidential communication privilege by which the reporting individual might otherwise be bound, except that no attorney shall be required to divulge information which the attorney shall have obtained in a confidential communication from the attorney&rsquos client over the objection of the client.