Does a parent have a right to physically restrain their child from physically assaulting the child?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mariah S., F061694, Super. Ct. No. 10JQ0158 (Cal. App. 2011):
corporal punishment. (People v. Whitehurst (1992) 9 Cal.App.4th 1045, 1050.) It follows, if the parent has a right to use reasonable corporal punishment to discipline the child, the child has no right to physically resist such punishment by battering the parent.
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