LibGuides: Child Welfare Law in Ohio: Child Abuse

Books at the Law Library

After the Cradle Falls: What Child Abuse is, how we Respond to it, and what you can do about it by Melissa Jonson-Reid and Brett Darke
Call Number: HV 6626.52 .J66
Publication Date: 2018
Child Abuse and Domestic Violence by Stephen Meyer
Call Number: HV 6625.52 .M49
Publication Date: 2017
Child Abuse and Neglect Cases : A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding the System by Travis Cushman
Call Number: KF 9323 .C87
Publication Date: 2016
Child Abuse and Neglect: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact and Management by India Bryce, Yolande Robinson and Wayne Petherick
Call Number: HV 6626.5 .B79
Publication Date: 2019
Child Abuse Investigations: From Dispatch to Disposition by Donald Hayden
Call Number: HV 8079 .C46 H39
Publication Date: 2017
Child Abuse: Overview and Evaluation by American Academy of Pediatrics
Call Number: HV 6626.52 .C45
Publication Date: 2019
Child Abuse and Protection: Contemporary Issues in Research, Policy and Practice by Julia Davidson and Antonia Bifulco
Call Number: HV 6626.5 .D38
Publication Date: 2019
Equivocal Child Abuse by Sandra B. McPherson
Call Number: KF 8965 .M39
Publication Date: 2012

Oh Rev. Code Sec. 2151.031(C)
a child exhibiting evidence of corporal punishment or other physical disciplinary measure by a parent, guardian, custodian, person having custody or control, or person in loco parentis of a child is not an abused child under this division if the measure is not prohibited under section 2919.22 of the Revised Code.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 2305.111
Ohio's Special Statute of Limitations for Childhood Sexual Abuse gives victims 12 years from their age of majority to bring actions against their perpetrators.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 2315.18
Limits damages in civil lawsuits.

Ohio Criminal Laws:

Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 2919.22
Endangering children
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 2919.224
Misrepresentation relating to provision of child care
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 2901.13 (J)
The statute of limitations for child abuse shall not between to run until either:
(1) The victim of the offense reaches the age of majority.
or
2) A public children services agency, or a municipal or county peace officer that is not the parent or guardian of the child, in the county in which the child resides or in which the abuse or neglect is occurring or has occurred has been notified that abuse or neglect is known, suspected, or believed to have occurred.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 2903.15
Crime of permitting child abuse.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 2907.19
Criminal sexual exploitation of a minor
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 2921.14
Making or causing false report of child abuse or neglect.

Reporting Requirements:

Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 2151.421
Reporting child abuse
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 2151.99
Criminal penalties for failure to report child abuse.

CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION

Oh. Rev. Code Ch. 3797
Child Sexual Abuser Registration and Notification Requirements
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3797.10
Failure to comply a felony - affirmative defense.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3797.11
Registrant not to reside within 1000 feet of school premises.

Brandt v. Pompa, 2022-Ohio-4525.]
Statutory cap on awards of compensatory damages for noneconomic losses set forth in R.C. 2315.18 is unconstitutional as
applied to plaintiff and similarly situated plaintiffs who were child victims of intentional criminal conduct, such as sexual abuse, and who bring civil actions to recover damages from the persons who have been found guilty of those intentional criminal acts to the extent that it fails to include an exception for plaintiffs who have suffered permanent and severe psychological injuries.

HB 8 (2023)
The Parents' Bill of Rights, eliminated staff discretion to withhold information about a student's mental, emotional or physical health if a "reasonably prudent" person would conclude that such disclosures could result in abuse, abandonment or neglect.