Chapter 19 - Morwenna’s legal consequences
Morwenna’s conduct at the park produced a misdemeanor child-endangerment/assault investigation.
The backpack yank and fall caused:
Bruised hip.
Scraped elbow.
No fracture.
No head injury.
No hospitalization.
The lunchbox humiliation mattered as context but not as some independent felony.
Her prior recordings and emotional provocations influenced the safety assessment.
No criminal charge for recording in ordinary areas where there was no reasonable expectation of privacy? Some videos at my home raised privacy questions. But criminal wiretap issues vary. We need grounded.
Most recordings contained video without secret audio? No, they had audio. Connecticut is one-party consent? Connecticut generally one-party criminal? Civil can have different telephonic. In-person not simple. Avoid claims.
Prosecutors focused on physical child endangerment.
Morwenna entered a diversionary or misdemeanor resolution depending statute.
She had no record.
Conditions:
Probationary supervision.
Parenting-boundary and anger-management counseling.
No unsupervised contact with Odelia during the supervision period absent parental agreement and therapist recommendation.
No direct discussion of custody litigation with Odelia.
Restitution for replacing the discarded lunchbox and counseling costs? Restitution for lunchbox only trivial. Therapy maybe not criminal restitution automatically. We can say some documented costs.
No prison.
No sensational arrest.
A child-services finding substantiated inappropriate physical and emotional discipline by Morwenna.
Not parental abuse against me.
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Not a declaration she was evil forever.
Specific.
