Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 273ab — Abandonment and Neglect of Children
Cal. Penal Code § 273ab
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2011-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) Any person, having the care or custody of a child who is under eight years of age, who assaults the child by means of force that to a reasonable person would be likely to produce great bodily injury, resulting in the child’s death, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 25…
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 273ab — Abandonment and Neglect of Children is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) Any person, having the care or custody of a child who is under eight years of age, who assaults the child by means of force that to a reasonable person would be likely to produce great bodily injury, resulting in the child’s death, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 25 years to life. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the applicability of subdivision (a) of Section 187 or Section 189.
(b) Any person, having the care or custody of a child who is under eight years of age, who assaults the child by means of force that to a reasonable person would be likely to produce great bodily injury, resulting in the child becoming comatose due to brain injury or suffering paralysis of a permanent nature, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole. As used in this subdivision, “paralysis” means a major or complete loss of motor function resulting from injury to the nervous system or to a muscular mechanism.