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What Constitutes the Crime of Child Abuse in Florida?

By Ron Chapman

          In Florida, the crime of child abuse is defined as the:   (a)  Intentional infliction of physical or mental injury upon a child;   (b)  An intentional act that could reasonably be expected to result in physical or mental injury to a child; or   (c)  Active encouragement of any person to commit an act that results or could reasonably be expected to result in physical or mental injury to a child.             In the case of State of Florida v. Lanier, Ms. Lanier was an elementary school teacher who was charged with abusing two different children.  The facts surrounding the supposed abuse of one of the children were as follows:             1...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on May 26, 2010 (boomark / email).