Negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child occurs if a child has been subjected to harmful behavior that is terrorizing, degrading, painful or emotionally traumatic, has been abandoned, is without proper care, control or supervision or lacks the subsistence, education, shelter, medical care or other care necessary for the well-being of the child because of the faults or habits of the person responsible for the welfare of the child or the neglect or refusal of the person to provide them when able to do so.
NRS 432B.140
Negligent treatment or maltreatment
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Clay v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. County of Clark (2013)
Most recently applied in IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF B.A.A.R. (September 2020)
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1370; A 2015, 2245)
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Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.