State v. Ford

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 4298

Syllabus

Domestic violence corporal punishment parental discipline. While the courts in Ohio have recognized proper and reasonable parental discipline as an affirmative defense to a charge of domestic violence, the trial court, in rejecting appellant's claim that his conduct constituted proper and reasonable parental discipline, did not clearly lose its way and create a manifest miscarriage of justice in finding him guilty of domestic violence.