If it occurs to a family member it gets real bad real quick.

Is it legal to slap someone across the face. Hitting your child across the face wont effectively help there behaviour as the ends do not justify the means. If you leave a mark and someone notices youre probably going to get a visit. In real life that would be an assault.

Has anyone legitimately slapped someone else. Spanking slapping pushing and restraining. It depends on how severe the slapping was.

Generally though for the 50 states most can agree that it is acceptable for a parent or legal guardian to issue corporal punishment with a spank or an open-handed slap. An ordinary Simple Assault quickly becomes more serious when a police officer is the victim. A slap would more than qualify as such.

Battery is a misdemeanor that can result in arrest and prosecution. Not a play slap but a good hard 5 fingers across the face. This includes shaking beating biting kicking punching and burning SO it depends on the contexta slap across the face with open palm for discipline that does not cause serious injury is not a crimebut a slap that does cause serious injur will be a crime.

Not a play slap but a good hard 5 fingers across the face. Heres the link to the jury instructions for battery on a spouseex-bf. Corporal punishment by a parent is not illegal in Wa.

In GA it is not legal to slap across the face. Using closed fits or hitting your child across the face with an object is a different matter and varies by state. Slapping someone constitutes the offense of Simple Battery in the state of Florida.