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2022 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 508 - Assault and related offenses
508.100 Criminal abuse in the first degree.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 508.100 (2022)
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508.100 Criminal abuse in the first degree. (1) (2) A person is guilty of criminal abuse in the first degree when he intentionally abuses another person or permits another person of whom he has actual custody to be abused and thereby: (a) Causes serious physical injury; (b) Places him in a situation that may cause him serious physical injury; or (c) Causes torture, cruel confinement or cruel punishment; to a person twelve (12) years of age or less, or who is physically helpless or mentally helpless. Criminal abuse in the first degree is a Class C felony unless the victim is under twelve (12) years old, in which case it is a Class B felony. Effective: July 14, 2022 History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2022. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2022). 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 2, provides that the Act, which amended this statute, may be cited as Kami’s Law.
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