Simons v. State, Department of Human Services

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Ben Simons appealed from a district court judgment affirming an order of the Department of Human Services finding that Simons had abused his two-year-old child and that services were required. We affirm, concluding the Department’s findings that Simons had inflicted bodily injury, as defined by statute, upon the child and used unreasonable force are supported by a preponderance of the evidence and the relevant statutory provisions governing child abuse are not unconstitutionally overbroad or vague.

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[¶ 2] Ben and Traci Simons are married and have six children. In…