What is abuse in Georgia?

Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse is a form of child maltreatment in which contacts or interactions (such as fondling, sodomy, penetration) occur between a child under 18 and the parent or caretaker, during which the child is being used for the sexual stimulation of that adult or another person.

Sexual abuse may also be committed by a person under the age of 18 when that person is either significantly older than the victim or when the abuser is in a position of power or control over another child. When someone outside the child's family abuses a child. Georgia Child Protective Services must evaluate whether the parents permitted this to happen or neglected to supervise the child adequately.

Physical Abuse

Physical abuse is injury to a child under the age of 18 by other than accidental means by a parent or caretaker which results in bruises, welts, fractures, burns, cuts, internal injuries, etc. Physical injury is defined as bodily harm or hurt.

Georgia Department of Human Services

Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia is a Chapter of the National Children's Alliance
Phone: 770-319-6888
Fax: 770-431-9355		 P. O. Box 1192
Decatur, GA 30031-1192		 Email Us