CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Mandatory Reporting & Exams
.........Parental Disciplinary Privilege
2 Cards On This Topic:

Juvenile court may not find mother who spanked Cs with hand or sandal has inflicted "serious physical harm" on Cs without first applying the reasonable parental discipline doctrine.

Mother's spanking C with a wooden spoon is not reportable child abuse under CANRA if it constituted the reasonable imposition of discipline protected by the parental disciplinary privilege.