Neglect means any knowing or intentional act or omission on the part of a caregiver to provide essential services or the failure of a vulnerable adult, due to physical or mental impairments, to perform self-care or obtain essential services to such an extent that there is actual physical injury to a vulnerable adult or imminent danger of the vulnerable adult suffering physical injury or death.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-361.01
Neglect, defined
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Boyd (2020)
Most recently applied in State v. Boyd (September 2020)
Laws 1988, LB 463, § 8; R.S.1943, (2008), § 28-355; Laws 2012, LB1051, § 7.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.