The above is not intended as legal advice.

Is it against the law to slap your child across the face. Have also changes practice area to child abuse as question has nothing to do with child support. Suggest that you carefully select a psychologist to assist you with developing an effective approach. Courts have held that in some circumstances it was reasonable to use some amount of force against a child such as.

It may be acceptable for a person to use reasonable force to restrain a child in some circumstances. Forms of corporal punishment include hitting a childs bottom slapping grabbing shoving or hitting a child with a belt or paddle. Physically punishing a child with a smack or a kick is NOT against the law says senior woman judge.

Physical punishment cannot be used on a child who is unable to learn from the situation because of a disability or some other factor. Under the new law a juvenile court will conduct an assessment of factors such as the premeditated nature of the offence culpability of the child and his ability to understand the consequences of the offence. By Beth Hale for the Daily Mail Updated.

The question would be whether or not the slap is abuse. A parent who strikes a child in the face hard enough to leave fingerprints and bruising has used excessive force and can be put on a list of abusive parents a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. You can physically discipline a child but slapping in the face probably would not be the best idea ever.

Now repeated beating is against the law but Im pretty sure that slapping and spanking as a form of disciplining your child is not illegal. 19-7-5 19-15-1. Some may tolerate and others wont.

Never slap or smack or hit a child anywhere on the head. Using physical force against your child may constitute assault battery child abuse or domestic violence when. In Figarola the Third District affirmed the trial courts dismissal citing the parental discipline privilege.