Delaware General Assembly

Signed 9/12/12

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

6/5/12

Blevins

Sen. Bunting, Connor, Hall-Long, Henry, Marshall, Sokola, Sorenson
Reps. Walker, Heffernan, Jaques, Q. Johnson, Kowalko, Lavelle, B. Short, M. Smith, Willis

Sen. Cloutier

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN.

This bill establishes the offense of Child Abuse. These new statutes combine current statutes and redefine physical injury and serious physical injury to reflect the medical realities of pain and impairment suffered by children. A new section provides special protection to infants, toddlers and children who have disabilities. The statute also expands the state of mind necessary for certain offenses against children allowing for more effective prosecution of parents who subject their children to abuse by others and fail to protect their children. The bill also re-numbers the definitional section making clear that the definitions apply to all crimes in the subchapter. Author: Sen. Blevins

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