Law not intended to prohibit the use of reasonable methods of parental discipline, or to prescribe a particular method of parenting. Serious physical harm does not include reasonable and age-appropriate spanking to the buttocks where there is no evidence of serious physical injury. Welfare and Institutions Code § 300. [Civil Code] Abuse includes unlawful corporal punishment or injury. Penal Code § 11165.6. [Criminal Code] "Unlawful corporal punishment or injury" is any person willfully inflicting upon a child any cruel or inhuman corporal punishment or injury resulting in a traumatic condition. Penal Code § 11165.4. [Criminal Code]
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 05:44:15 +0000
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