Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

what are the abandonment laws in va , when a mother has left child with father , from fri till the following sunday? and the father even filed missing person report on her?


Asked on 3/20/15, 5:41 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Assuming that this mother in fact was determined not to be "missing" and the

child was merely left with its father for a little more than a week where presumably it was safe and secure, I fail to see how the above facts could be reasonably construed as child abandonment under the applicable laws of the Commonwealth.

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Answered on 3/20/15, 8:59 am


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