“Abandonment” means the desertion or willful forsaking of an elder or a dependent adult by anyone having care or custody of that person under circumstances in which a reasonable person would continue to provide care and custody.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 15610.05
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Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 594, Sec. 3
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