JC v. Dept. of Children and Families

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that bruises inflicted with belt did not constitute excessive or abusive corporal discipline to support dependency
• no evidence that bruises resulting from spanking with a belt were significant or that they constituted temporary disfigurement
• a possibility of future harm “[does] not rise to the level of injury ... likely to cause the child’s physical, mental, or emotional health to be significantly impaired”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).