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It's unclear if that evidence would be admissible in a separate criminal case if he did - he kinda misinterpreted that part of my question, though I should have phrased it more clearly.
Whether or not it was admissible, a lot of professions have a legal requirement as mandatory reporters to report knowledge of child abuse. A number of lawyers have such an obligation as well because of other work they do. If you are a mandatory reporter and you fail to do so, you would yourself be guilty of a crime.
So however it came up, odds are good it would end up in the hands of law enforcement. It would be up to the LEA to decide what to do with it or whether to seek to obtain the same information in a way that would make it admissible.
As in other laws, apparently, Texas takes an expansive view of this obligation.
In Texas, everyone is a mandatory reporter. Failure to report is a misdemeanor crime.
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