Boyfriend Was ‘Person Responsible’ for Child Neglect 
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Published: February 17, 2012
Tags: Criminal, Judge Glen A. Huff, Virginia Court of Appeals
Although defendant claimed he was not a “person responsible” for the care of a child under Va. Code § 18.2-371.1(A), he lived with the infant’s mother, helped care for the infant and identified himself as the infant’s “father” and the child’s guarantor on hospital forms, and the Court of Appeals upholds defendant’s conviction for child ...
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