Parental neglect definition

Parental neglect means the failure in the exercise of parental responsibilities to provide for a child’s basic physical, intellectual, emotional or social needs.
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Related to Parental neglect

  • Child neglect means the failure to provide, by those responsible for the care, custody, and control of the child, the proper or necessary education as required by law; nutrition; or medical, surgical, or any other care necessary for the child's well-being as defined in 10 Del.C. §901.

  • Physical neglect means either failure to provide basic necessities, including but not limited to

  • Adult neglect means that an adult as defined in § 63.2-1603 is living under such circumstances that

  • Severe neglect means neglect that causes or threatens to cause serious harm to a

  • Child abuse or neglect means the injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by any person under circumstances which indicate that the child's health, welfare, and safety is harmed thereby. An abused child is a child who has been subjected to child abuse or neglect as defined herein: Provided, that this subsection shall not be construed to authorize interference with child-raising practices, including reasonable parental discipline, which are not proved to be injurious to the child's health, welfare, and safety: And provided further, That nothing in this section shall be used to prohibit the reasonable use of corporal punishment as a means of discipline. No parent or guardian shall be deemed abusive or neglectful solely by reason of the parent's or child's blindness, deafness, developmental disability or other handicap. RCW 26.44.020