NYSentencing

§ 260.00 Abandonment of a child.
  1. A person is guilty of abandonment of a child when, being a  parent,
guardian  or  other person legally charged with the care or custody of a
child less than fourteen years old, he or she deserts such child in  any
place with intent to wholly abandon such child.
  2. A person is not guilty of the provisions of this section when he or
she engages in the conduct described in subdivision one of this section:
(a)  with  the  intent  that  the child be safe from physical injury and
cared for in an appropriate manner; (b) the child is left with an appro-
priate person, or in a suitable location and the person who  leaves  the
child  promptly  notifies an appropriate person of the child's location;
and (c) the child is not more than thirty days old.
  Abandonment of a child is a class E felony.
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