What is the legal definition of endangering the welfare of a child?
Full Question:
Does saying something inappropriate to a minor constitute the charge of endangering the welfare of a child?
05/03/2007 |
Category: Courts ยป Legal Defini... |
State: New York |
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Answer:
The answer depends on what was said and all the facts involved. The following is a NY statute:
§ 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child.
A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child when:
1. He knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the
physical, mental or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years
old or directs or authorizes such child to engage in an occupation
involving a substantial risk of danger to his life or health; or
2. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the
care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, he fails or
refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of such child to
prevent him from becoming an "abused child," a "neglected child," a
"juvenile delinquent" or a "person in need of supervision," as those
terms are defined in articles ten, three and seven of the family court
act.
Endangering the welfare of a child is a class A misdemeanor.
