CHILD NEGLECT

Clients were accused of leaving a child unattended in a vehicle. After investigating the matter, we learned that clients were very emotional because father was being deployed for military action. In addition, the parents other child was being cared for by grandparents. As such, the parents simply entered a store and did not realize that the younger child was still in the car seat. Further investigation revealed that the time period required by the statute was in question. Because of our investigative efforts, we convinced the state attorney to dismiss all charges.