Mental Injury Law and Legal Definition
An injury to a child's intellectual or psychological capacity is known as mental injury. Pursuant to ORC Ann. 2151.011, mental injury means any behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or mental disorder in a child caused by an act or omission. Usually, mental injury to a child is committed by the parent or other person responsible for the child's care.
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- Abuses of Governmental Power Identified Under “Watergate”
- Accidental Injury
- Accidental Personal Injury
- Accountable Injury or Illness [Transportation]
- Action Levels (Environmental Law)
- Actual Injury
- Administration on Developmental Disabilities
- Advertising Injury
- Advertising Injury (Trademark)
- Agency or Instrumentality of a Foreign State
