California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Fresno Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Angel V. (In re T.V.), F066305 (Cal. App. 2013):
Penal Code section 11165.1, defines a litany of acts comprising sexual abuse, sexual assault and sexual exploitation. The proscribed acts also include child molestation under Penal Code section 647.6, which makes it a crime to annoy or molest any child under the age of 18. (See, e.g., People v. Kongs (1994) 30 Cal.App.4th 1741, 1749 ["'Annoy and molest' are synonymous and mean to disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to vex, to trouble; to irk; or to offend."].)
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