Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

penal code 368 (c)

what exactly does penal code 368 (c) mean, and what are the penalties for this violation. Is this for physical elder abuse, or financial elder abuse, or what kind of elder abuse.


Asked on 3/25/09, 8:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

George Moschopoulos The Law Office of George Moschopoulos

Re: penal code 368 (c)

Violation of PC 368(c) is a misdemeanor. The exact language reads:

" Any person who knows or reasonably should know that a person is an elder or dependent adult and who, under circumstances or conditions other than those likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any elder or dependent adult to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any elder or dependent adult, willfully causes or permits the person or health of the elder or dependent adult to be injured or willfully causes or permits the

elder or dependent adult to be placed in a situation in which his or her person or health may be endangered, is guilty of a misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of this subdivision is punishable by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment."

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Answered on 3/26/09, 12:39 am


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