(A) No parent, guardian, custodian, or person having custody of a child under eighteen years of age or of a child with a mental or physical disability under twenty-one years of age shall cause serious physical harm to the child, or the death of the child, as a proximate result of permitting the child to be abused, to be tortured, to be administered corporal punishment or other physical disciplinary measure, or to be physically restrained in a cruel manner or for a prolonged period.
(B) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the defendant did not have readily available a means to prevent the harm to the child or the death of the child and that the defendant took timely and reasonable steps to summon aid.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of permitting child abuse. If the violation of this section causes serious physical harm to the child, permitting child abuse is a felony of the third degree. If the violation of this section causes the death of the child, permitting child abuse is a felony of the first degree.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2008–2026 · leading case: State v. Jones (Slip Opinion), 2020-Ohio-6729, 169 N.E.3d 649.
State v. Jones (Slip Opinion), 2020-Ohio-6729, 169 N.E.3d 649. “22, and permitting child abuse under R.C. 2903.15(A). At the conclusion of a joint jury trial, they were each found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of endangering children, and permitting child abuse.”
State v. Mooty, 2014-Ohio-733, 9 N.E.3d 443. · cites it 2דCOURSE OF PROCEEDINGS {¶ 3} On December 16, 2011, Mooty was charged by indictment with Permitting Child Abuse (recklessly causing death); Complicity to Commit Felonious Assault (knowingly and serious harm); and Endangering Children (recklessly by a parent with serious harm), in…”
State v. Ferguson, 2011-Ohio-4285. · cites it 4ד22(B), five counts of permitting child abuse, R.C. 2903.15(A), and five counts of felonious assault, R.”
State v. Birt, 2013-Ohio-1379. “23(A) (engaging in "pattern of corrupt activity"), R.C. 2903.15(A) (permitting child abuse "for a prolonged period"), R.”
State v. Hinojosa, 2013-Ohio-4110. · cites it 3ד22(A), (E)(2)(c), and one count of permitting child abuse, in violation of R.C. 2903.15(A), and sentencing her to serve thirty-six months in prison.”
State v. Dayton, 2018-Ohio-3003. · cites it 5ד{¶19} The criminal offense of permitting child abuse is codified in R.C. 2903.15, which provides, in relevant part, that “[n]o parent, guardian, custodian, or person having custody of a child under eighteen years of age * * * shall cause serious physical harm to the child, or…”
State v. Dixon, 2022-Ohio-4681. “She pled to count one, permitting child abuse in violation of R.C. 2903.15(A), and amended count two, involuntary manslaughter in violation or R.”
State v. Fannon, 2018-Ohio-5242. · cites it 14ד22(B)(1) and R.C. 2903.15. {¶115} Because any rational trier of fact could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that Fannon violated a duty of care under R.”
State v. Williams, 902 N.E.2d 1042 (Ohio Ct. App. 2d Dist. 2008). “11 (felonious assault), R.C. 2903.15 (permitting child abuse which results in a death), R.”
State v. Bowling, 2015-Ohio-360. “22(B) (endangering children by parties who "repeatedly administer unwarranted disciplinary measures"). The General Assembly has specifically stated that no conduct constitutes a criminal offense against the state unless it is defined as an offense in the Ohio Revised Code.”
State v. Henderson, 2017-Ohio-412. “{¶ 13} On August 29, 2013, Hutchinson and Henderson were both charged in a two-count indictment with permitting child abuse, a violation of R.C. 2903.15(A), a first- degree felony, and child endangering, a violation of R.”
State v. O'Garro, 2023-Ohio-634, 209 N.E.3d 852. “22, a third-degree felony, permitting child abuse in violation of R.C. 2903.15, a third-degree felony, and domestic violence in violation of R.”
State v. Jones (Slip Opinion), 2020-Ohio-6729, 169 N.E.3d 649. “22, and permitting child abuse under R.C. 2903.15(A). At the conclusion of a joint jury trial, they were each found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of endangering children, and permitting child abuse.”
State v. Mooty, 2014-Ohio-733, 9 N.E.3d 443. “COURSE OF PROCEEDINGS {¶ 3} On December 16, 2011, Mooty was charged by indictment with Permitting Child Abuse (recklessly causing death); Complicity to Commit Felonious Assault (knowingly and serious harm); and Endangering Children (recklessly by a parent with serious harm), in…”
State v. Ferguson, 2011-Ohio-4285. “22(B), five counts of permitting child abuse, R.C. 2903.15(A), and five counts of felonious assault, R.”
State v. Birt, 2013-Ohio-1379. “23(A) (engaging in "pattern of corrupt activity"), R.C. 2903.15(A) (permitting child abuse "for a prolonged period"), R.”
State v. Hinojosa, 2013-Ohio-4110. “22(A), (E)(2)(c), and one count of permitting child abuse, in violation of R.C. 2903.15(A), and sentencing her to serve thirty-six months in prison.”
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