6 So. 3d 256 - Mason v. Hadnot’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “According to [the mother], [the minor child] stated, "It happened, Mommy.” [The minor child] continued, "He beat me like he said he would.” [The minor child] explained that during the drive to Houston the previous night, her father had told her what was going to happen and asked her if she was scared. [The minor child] told her mother that she was anticipating it the entire drive, but that nothing happened that night when they arrived at her father’s home. Rather, she described being awakened the following morning by her father whipping her with a belt. [The minor child] stated that "it was hurting” and that she “kept asking him to stop.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 32 So. 3d 380 - Griffith v. Latiolais

2. “mindful that corporal punishment, when reasonable in degree, used by a parent of a minor child for disciplinary reasons is permitted in Louisiana,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 252 So. 3d 950 - S.L.B. v. C.E.B.

3. “10 to 15 times with a belt ... did not constitute reasonable discipline so as to be considered corporal punishment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 252 So. 3d 950 - S.L.B. v. C.E.B.