N.Y. Penal Law Section 260.06
Non-support of a child in the first degree

A person is guilty of non-support of a child in the first degree when:

1.

(a) being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than sixteen years old, he or she fails or refuses without lawful excuse to provide support for such child when he or she is able to do so; or

(b)

being a parent, guardian or other person obligated to make child support payments by an order of child support entered by a court of competent jurisdiction for a child less than eighteen years old, he or she fails or refuses without lawful excuse to provide support for such child when he or she is able to do so; and

2.

he or she has previously been convicted in the preceding five years of a crime defined in section 260.05 of this article or a crime defined by the provisions of this section. Non-support of a child in the first degree is a class E felony.

Source: Section 260.06 — Non-support of a child in the first degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/260.­06 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 18, 2024).

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