CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Jurisdictional Hearing
.........Jurisdictional Grounds
............300(i): Cruelty
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Petition for dependency may be sustained if minor subjected to acts of cruelty.

Jurisdiction under the direct-infliction prong of W&IC 300(i) does not require a finding that the parent actually intended to harm C, only that parent intended to commit the act.

Repeated pinching of child constitutes cruelty under section 300 (i).