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Section 14-09-22.1 – Neglect of child – Penalty

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, North Dakota

A parent, adult family or household member, guardian, or other custodian of any child, who willfully commits any of the following offenses is guilty of a class C felony:

1. Fails to provide proper parental care or control, subsistence, education as required by law, or other care or control necessary for the child’s physical, mental, or emotional health, or morals.
2. Permits the child to be, or fails to exercise reasonable diligence in preventing the child from being, in a disreputable place or associating with vagrants or vicious or immoral persons.
3. Permits the child to engage in, or fails to exercise reasonable diligence in preventing the child from engaging in, an occupation forbidden by the laws of this state or an occupation injurious to the child’s health or morals or the health or morals of others.

N.D.C.C. § 14-09-22.1

Added by S.L. 2015, ch. 127 (HB 1029),§ 3, eff. 8/1/2015.