Drugs Not De Facto Child Abuse, Utah Judges Say
November 8th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
The presence of illicit drugs in a household alone is not enough to make a case for child endangerment under Utah state law, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled.
The Deseret Morning News reported Oct. 27 that the court said that the child-endangerment statute can only be applied if a child has “reasonable” access to drugs. The ruling came in response to a pair of cases where women were charged with child endangerment after being arrested on drug and drug-paraphernalia charges.
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