The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a child abuse case that was reported last week.  According to a report from the sheriff’s office, the mother of a juvenile child reported that while her son was with his father, he was whipped with a belt and the corporal punishment left marks on the boy’s legs.  According to the mother, the child’s father’s wife had instructed the father to whip the child.  The responding deputy took the report and said it would be turned over to an investigator with the sheriff’s office.