SDCL § 26-9-1: Contributing to abuse, neglect, or delinquency or causing child to become child in need of supervision as misdemeanor.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 26. MINORS
- CHAPTER 26-9. CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OR DEPENDENCY
Any person who, by any act, causes, encourages, or contributes to the abuse, the neglect, or the delinquency of a child, or any person, other than a parent who, by any act, causes a child to become a child in need of supervision, as such phrases with reference to children are defined by chapters 26-7A, 26-8A, 26-8B, and 26-8C, or who is, in any manner, responsible therefor, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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