URBANA — A Champaign man who allegedly used a belt to discipline a child has been charged with a felony offense. Pascual Simon-Simon, 30, who listed an address in the 0-100 block of Persimmon Drive, ...

An administrative law judge reasonably concluded that a Charles County father was responsible for child abuse for injuring his son with a belt during corporal punishment, the Court of Appeals held ...

The state appeals court affirmed a previous decision that a Cumberland County mother hitting her 13-year-old daughter with a belt because of an argument over school clothes counted as "excessive ...

The Court of Appeals considered yesterday whether a father may be held responsible for child abuse for bruising his 6-year-old child with a cowhide belt and metal buckle during the course of corporal ...