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People v. Karen P.

Citations

  • 692 N.E.2d 338
  • 294 Ill. App. 3d 991
  • 229 Ill. Dec. 565
  • 1998 Ill. App. LEXIS 91

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[A] parent has the ‘right’ to corporally discipline his or her child[ ]” but the right “must be exercised in a ‘reasonable’ manner.’ ”
  • mother's use of wooden spoon to spank child not excessive corporal punishment, although it caused bruising on at least one occasion
  • making similar analogy in wardship proceedings

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Judges: Wolfson

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