State Child Neglect Case Studies

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Q.
Create two issue statements based on the client's case.

Two Issue Statements

Under-Does-When format
Under the State child neglect statute, is a single mother, Mary Ryan, liable for neglecting her two young children Tom and Ann when 1) both children are under 18 years of age, Tom is 8 and Ann is 4 years old, 2) the apartment building went dark as it lost power due to the storm and both children became scared, Ann wetted her pants, and they attempted to walk to the yoga studio to find their mother while they weren’t confident if they could locate the studio, 3) Mary left for her yoga class without waiting for Tina’s arrival, 4) and the children were left alone at the apartment in the stormy evening with a simmering stew on the stove?
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Q.
Explain your rationale for the two issue statements and discuss at least three key facts that you may be able to use in answering the questions raised by the issue statements.

Statute:
An abused or neglected child is a child less than 18 years of age whose physical, mental or emotional condition has been impaired or is in imminent danger of being impaired as the result of the failure of his parent to exercise a minimum degree of care in providing the child with proper supervision or by unreasonably inflicting or allowing to be inflicted harm or substantial risk of harm.

Elements:
• Child is less than 18 years of