Child Abuse Causing Injury – Immigration-Safe Deferred Judgment

Our client was a hardworking single mother and widow raising her children on her own. One Sunday morning, she and her teenage daughter argued about skipping church and school. The daughter clawed at her mother and our client snapped: She struck her with a phone charging cable, causing a small cut. The teenager left the home and police found her wandering several miles away.The mother was charged with child abuse causing injury. If convicted, she could have been deported. She spoke only Spanish and turned to Krizman Law for help after receiving a referral from a trusted source at her church.We approached the case with empathy and care. We established that despite the pressures of a single parent, she had been a dedicated mother to her children for years. We worked closely with a community organizer who vouched for the daughter’s improvement and the family’s healing in the months following the incident.We negotiated an immigration-safe deferred judgment, which ensures our client could maintain her legal status and keep her record clean upon successful completion of probation. This family crisis resulted in accountability and growth, rather than criminal prosecution that would have torn them apart.