In Florida, a mother faces allegations of assaulting her daughter due to perceived disrespect and refusal to complete household chores, authorities report.

Arieauna Hall, aged 39, has been charged with child abuse without causing great bodily harm, as indicated by Miami-Dade County jail records. The reported incident took place on a Monday morning.

According to an arrest affidavit accessed by Law&Crime, Hall had instructed her daughter and son to perform chores around their residence in Homestead. The daughter was tasked with cleaning the bathroom. However, the affidavit states that Hall began pushing her daughter and issued threats, including “cutting her hands off.”

The situation escalated when Hall reportedly began striking her daughter with a belt in the bathroom. Fearing for her safety, the daughter fled to the family vehicle.

At this juncture, it appears the son noticed his sister’s absence from the apartment and informed their mother. Upon discovering her daughter in the vehicle, Hall allegedly continued the assault. The daughter, according to her brother’s account, cried out for help during the incident.

Help did come in the form of Homestead police officers. They arrived to find the daughter in the bathroom. She “appeared to be in emotional distress with visible signs of injury,” such as “redness and markings on her arms,” welts and bruising, according to the affidavit. The girl said she “gets whooping[s] frequently.”

Investigators also heard Hall”s story. The mother, who “appeared to be upset from this incident,” said her daughter “has been disrespectful lately and refused to do her chores such as clean the bathroom.”

She added that her daughter “put slime in the sink,” and when she asked the girl to clean up the mess, “her daughter began to be disrespectful,” per the affidavit. Upon realizing her daughter was not cleaning the bathroom, Hall caught up with her in the family vehicle where she was “hiding in the trunk.”

The suspect “stated there is previous history of her daughter running away from the residence and being disrespectful,” authorities noted.

Hall was arrested and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $2,500 bond. She is not listed as still being there on Wednesday.