DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DIVISION OF YOUTH

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DIVISION OF YOUTH
AND FAMILY SERVICES v. C.H. A-4786-08T1 07-28-10

An ALJ found that a parent's corporal punishment of a fouryear-
old who reported to a neighbor that there was no
electricity in their home was insufficient to sustain an
allegation of abuse under N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.21(c). The Director
disagreed, finding that given the reason for inflicting the
corporal punishment, the fact that the child was struck multiple
times, and the parent's history of questionable corporal
punishment, the abuse had been substantiated. We affirmed and
agreed the Director properly considered the parent's past
admitted history of corporal punishment inflicted upon the
child.