### Question
Can you define what threatening or placing that child in fear means?


### Answer
**Threatening or placing that child in fear** is defined as the following in *10 U.S.C. § 920b*:

> a communication or action that is of sufficient consequence to cause the child to fear that non-compliance will result in the child or another person being subjected to the action contemplated by the communication or action

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 920b*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART II-PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 47-UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE > SUBCHAPTER X-PUNITIVE ARTICLES**

