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Child Neglect in Tennessee

By Baker Associates

Child neglect and child abuse cases arise frequently in the criminal law context. There may be many reasons for this, one of which is certainly the fact that supervising a child is a full-time job and that it is difficult to devote your attention to another person twenty-four hours per day. While this may be an intimidating responsibility for some people, Tennessee law expects every guardian of a child to supervise that child and not allow them to be put in danger. Failure to do this can result in criminal sanctions. Tennessee law provides that ?[a] parent or custodian of a child eight (8) years of age or younger commits child endangerment who knowingly exposes the child to or knowingly fails to protect the child from abuse or neglect resulting in physical injury to the child...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on April 13, 2010 (boomark / email).