A Los Angeles judge yesterday (September 30) dismissed criminal battery charges against The Game for attacking his cousin at a funeral earlier this year.

As reported earlier, Game's cousin (Robert "Kirky" Kirkwood) filed a police report in July claiming that the Compton rapper punched him at his sister's funeral.

Kirkwood claimed that Game had agreed to pay half of the bill for his sister's funeral but stiffed him when it was time to pay up.

Kirkwood claimed that Game appeared unexpectedly at his sister's funeral and when he approached Game about the funding for the funeral outside the church, the rapper would punch him in the face.

According to TMZ, The Game was ordered Tuesday  to attend 36 anger-management meetings by February 2009 or face time behind bars.