West Virginia § 61-8F-4 Battery and assault of a disabled child

West Virginia Statutes

§ 61-8F-4 — Battery and assault of a disabled child

West Virginia § 61-8F-4

Ch. 61CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT

Art. 8FSPECIAL PROTECTIONS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN ACT OF 2022

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W. Va. Code § 61-8F-4 (2026).

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(a)Any person in a position of trust to a disabled child, with supervisory responsibility over the child who unlawfully and intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting and provoking nature to the person of the disabled child or unlawfully causes physical harm to the disabled child is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.

(b)Any person in a position of trust in relation to a disabled child, with supervisory responsibility over the child who unlawfully attempts to commit a violent injury to the person of the disabled child or unlawfully commits an act that places the disabled child in reasonable apprehension o

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(a) Any person in a position of trust to a disabled child, with supervisory responsibility over the child who unlawfully and intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting and provoking nature to the person of the disabled child or unlawfully causes physical harm to the disabled child is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.

(b) Any person in a position of trust in relation to a disabled child, with supervisory responsibility over the child who unlawfully attempts to commit a violent injury to the person of the disabled child or unlawfully commits an act that places the disabled child in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not less than one nor more than three years, or both fined and imprisoned.