2013 Code of Alabama
Title 26 - INFANTS AND INCOMPETENTS.
Chapter 15 - CHILD ABUSE GENERALLY.
Section 26-15-3 - Torture, willful abuse, etc., of child under 18 years of age by responsible person.


AL Code § 26-15-3 (2013) What's This?
Section 26-15-3Torture, willful abuse, etc., of child under 18 years of age by responsible person.

A responsible person, as defined in Section 26-15-2, who shall torture, willfully abuse, cruelly beat, or otherwise willfully maltreat any child under the age of 18 years shall, on conviction, be guilty of a Class C felony.

(Acts 1977, No. 502, p. 658, §3; Act 2006-531, p. 1224, §1.)

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