Statutes | Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Tribal Code Title III Chapter 3 ยง3-3-8 | 2018
Abuse of a child consists of a person knowingly, intentionally or negligently causing a child to be:
(1) placed in a situation that may endanger the child's life or health
(2) tortured, cruelly confined or cruelly punished
(3) emotionally abused or placed in situations resulting in emotional harm or
(4) exposed to the inclemency of the weather.
Whoever commits abuse of a child which does not result in the child's death or great bodily harm is guilty of a Class B offense. If the abuse results in great bodily harm or death to the child, it is a Class A offense. As used in this section, a "child" is a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.