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California Child Abuse is Treated Seriously By State Law

No one knows the challenges of parenting more than someone who has done it themselves. Kids require continual patience and perseverance, as they are often testing what you previously thought you could and could not handle. Sometimes this frustration can boil over.

Due to the serious nature of California child abuse or California child endangerment crimes, as well as the long-term effects they can have on everyone involved, these charges are treated very seriously by prosecutors and judges. If you have been charged, or are facing an investigation, it is crucial that you take it seriously as well.

Just because child abuse and child endangerment are serious crimes does not mean that everyone charged with them is guilty. To the contrary, many people are falsely accused and can easily prove their innocence with the help of an experienced Ventura criminal defense attorney.

Child abuse and child endangerment are covered under California penal code 273(a), which makes it criminal to do any one of the following:

• Willfully inflict unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering on a child or allow another person to do so
• Allow a child to suffer physical or mental injury that could have been prevented
• Allow or cause a child to be in a situation where his or her health or body may be in danger

Some examples of this may include continually striking a child, denying sleep, food or water to a child for a long period of time, punishing a child too harshly, leaving a child in a hot car or on unsafe streets, or taking a child into an unsafe environment such as a crack house or domestic dispute.

If you have been charged with either child abuse or child endangerment in Ventura or Los Angeles County, call the Ventura criminal defense lawyers of Bamieh & Erickson today at (805) 643-5555.

You should always be considered innocent until proven guilty, and it is possible to fight the charges against you. However, you need to do so aggressively, and you need to start right away. Call us for more information now.

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