Legal Question in Family Law in California
My fiance' and I are being charged with PC 273A(B). We walked our daughter to school, 2 blocks away, and allowed our son to sleep in. When we came back, an officer knocked on our door, and said the school called him. That our son was left unsupervised. He checked on our son, found he was ok, and told us not to do it again. CPS came a few days later, got our story, found everything was ok, and closed the case. Now 5 months later, the DA is charging us with this. This is our only offence. What can happen? We're very scared we're going to lose our children.
3 Answers from Attorneys
The next thing you should do is each of you should retain your own attorney. Do not discuss this matter with anyone other than you attorney. This is especially true of law enforcement or CPS. Even a misdemeanor conviction of this section can have long lasting affects.
There's more to your story than you are telling us to be charged with child endangerment. Get a decent attorney, and don't rely on stuff you read on the internet.
As like Mr. Roach, I think there is probably a little more to your story than you provide in your question. I do not advise to post any more info here before you speak to an attorney. I think we are all wondering how on this two block trip to the school and back, the school officials knew that you left your son unattended, and why they called the police. I have dropped off plenty of kids at school, and have never been questioned by a school official whether there was an unattended child at home.
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