Bill Text: IN SB0124 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Corporal punishment by parents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters [SB0124 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SB0124-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 35-41-3-1.
Synopsis: Corporal punishment by parents. Specifies that a parent or
guardian of a child has legal authority to: (1) apply reasonable force to
a child; or (2) impose reasonable confinement on a child; if the parent
or guardian believes that the reasonable force or confinement is
necessary for the proper control, training, or education of the child.
Provides that the following factors are relevant in determining whether
force or confinement is reasonable: (1) The age of the child. (2) The
sex of the child. (3) The physical and mental condition of the child. (4)
The nature of the child's misbehavior and the child's motive for the
misbehavior. (5) The influence that the child's example may have on
other children of the same family or group. (6) Whether the force or
confinement is reasonably necessary and appropriate to compel
obedience to a proper command. (7) Whether the force or confinement
is disproportionate to the misbehavior, unnecessarily degrading, or
likely to cause serious or permanent harm.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and
Civil Matters.
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(b) A parent or guardian of a child has legal authority to:
(1) apply reasonable force to; or
(2) impose reasonable confinement on;
the child if the parent or guardian believes that the reasonable force or confinement is necessary for the proper control, training, or education of the child.
(c) The following nonexhaustive list of factors is relevant in determining whether force or confinement is reasonable under subsection (b) for the control, training, or education of a child:
(1) The age of the child.
(2) The sex of the child.
(3) The physical and mental condition of the child.
(4) The nature of the child's misbehavior and the child's
motive for the misbehavior.
(5) The influence that the child's example may have on other
children of the same family or group.
(6) Whether the force or confinement is reasonably necessary
and appropriate to compel obedience to a proper command.
(7) Whether the force or confinement is:
(A) disproportionate to the misbehavior;
(B) unnecessarily degrading; or
(C) likely to cause serious or permanent harm.
