If you are facing a child abuse charge in North Carolina, you need to understand what the law states and what the charges involve. Let’s look at the law first.

What Constitutes Child Abuse in North Carolina

Child abuse charges encompass these various behaviors toward a minor:

• Physical abuse: inflicting, allowing to be inflicted, or creating a significant risk for injury, besides what could occur by accident
• Emotional abuse: use of abusive language, grossly inappropriate behavior, or cruel treatment, including abusive attempts at behavior modification
• Sexual abuse: rape, incest, molestation, exposing a child