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Case Citations [1] (April 2023 - August 2023)

handle is hein.ali/reschdw0006 and id is 1 raw text is: THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE Spring 2023 Citations CHILDREN AND THE LAW (DRAFTS) PART 1. CHILDREN IN FAMILIES CHAPTER 3. STATE INTERVENTION FOR ABUSE AND NEGLECT TOPIC 2. GROUNDS TITLE A. ABUSE SUBTITLE I. PHYSICAL § 3.24. Defenses: Parental Privilege to Use Reasonable Corporal Punishment Va.App.2022. Com. (c) quot. in sup. (quoting § 3.24, com. (c), of T.D. No. 1, 2018, which is now § 2.23, com. (c), in current drafts). Mother appealed her conviction of assault and battery, alleging that the government failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that her purported use of corporal punishment on her children by striking them with the non-buckled end of a belt, which was in response to the children disobeying household rules against giving their phone numbers to others, constituted criminal assault and battery. This court reversed and dismissed, holding that the government failed to set forth sufficient evidence that defendant's use of corporal punishment fell outside of parental privilege under the circumstances. Citing Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, the court noted that the parental privilege to use reasonable corporal punishment served the well-being of children, because while it prevented parents from physically abusing children, it also protected low-income and black families from excessive state interference. Woodson v. Commonwealth, 871 S.E.2d 653, 658. COPYRIGHT C2023 By THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.