Q: Can a 12 year old boy get into trouble with assaulting my 12 year old daughter that left marks?
My child was playing piggy-back on another friend and another boy jumped up onto my daughters back and then fell. A few moments later, this boy turned on her and placed her in a head-lock, punched her in the face twice. There was several bruises on right arm, bruising and swelling on face and scuff mark on left shoulder. His mother did nothing about it. In Texas, what are my rights, my daughters rights to handling this? What could happen since they are both 12?
A: That is a battery. I suppose you should report it as a crime to the local police.
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