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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » PEN - Penal » Part 3 - Specific Offenses » Title O - Offenses Against Marriage, the Family, and the Welfare of Children and Incompetents » Article 260 - Offenses Relating to Children, Disabled Persons and Vulnerable Elderly Persons

260.00 – Abandonment of a Child.

§ 260.00 Abandonment of a child. 1. A person is guilty of abandonment of a child when, being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than fourteen years old, he or she deserts such child in any place with intent to wholly abandon such child. […]

260.05 – Non-Support of a Child in the Second Degree.

§ 260.05 Non-support of a child in the second degree. A person is guilty of non-support of a child when: 1. being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than sixteen years old, he or she fails or refuses without lawful excuse to provide support […]

260.06 – Non-Support of a Child in the First Degree.

§ 260.06 Non-support of a child in the first degree. A person is guilty of non-support of a child in the first degree when: 1. (a) being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than sixteen years old, he or she fails or refuses without […]

260.10 – Endangering the Welfare of a Child.

§ 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child. A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child when: 1. He or she 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 […]

260.11 – Endangering the Welfare of a Child; Corroboration.

§ 260.11 Endangering the welfare of a child; corroboration. A person shall not be convicted of endangering the welfare of a child, or of an attempt to commit the same, upon the testimony of a victim who is incapable of consent because of mental defect or mental incapacity as to conduct that constitutes an offense […]

260.15 – Endangering the Welfare of a Child; Defense.

§ 260.15 Endangering the welfare of a child; defense. In any prosecution for endangering the welfare of a child, pursuant to section 260.10 of this article, based upon an alleged failure or refusal to provide proper medical care or treatment to an ill child, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant (a) is a […]

260.20 – Unlawfully Dealing With a Child in the First Degree.

§ 260.20 Unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree. A person is guilty of unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree when: 1. He knowingly permits a child less than eighteen years old to enter or remain in or upon a place, premises or establishment where sexual activity as defined by […]

260.21 – Unlawfully Dealing With a Child in the Second Degree.

§ 260.21 Unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree. A person is guilty of unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree when: 1. Being an owner, lessee, manager or employee of a place where alcoholic beverages are sold or given away, he permits a child less than sixteen years old to […]

260.22 – Facilitating Female Genital Mutilation.

§ 260.22 Facilitating female genital mutilation. A person is guilty of facilitating female genital mutilation when, knowing that a person intends to engage in the circumcising, excising or infibulating of the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of a person under eighteen years of age, and except as […]

260.31 – Vulnerable Elderly Persons; Definitions.

* § 260.31 Vulnerable elderly persons; definitions. For the purpose of sections 260.32 and 260.34 of this article, the following definitions shall apply: 1. “Caregiver” means a person who (i) assumes responsibility for the care of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person pursuant to a court order; or (ii) receives […]

260.31*2 – Misrepresentation by a Child Day Care Provider.

* § 260.31 Misrepresentation by a child day care provider. A person is guilty of misrepresentation by a child day care provider when, being a child day care provider or holding himself or herself out as such, he or she makes any willful and intentional misrepresentation, by act or omission, to a parent or guardian […]