Child Abuse Attorney in Passaic, New Jersey from Paterson Lawyer's blog

Alissa D. Hascup is an experienced criminal defence attorney who serves clients throughout New Jersey. 

In Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, Totowa, and Clifton, New Jersey, many of her clients have been charged with crimes against the family, such as child abuse, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault and criminal mischief.

She has handled thousands of cases in Superior Court (indictable/felony level offences) and Municipal Court (disorderly persons/misdemeanor level offences) in New Jersey. 

Ms. Hascup is a former Morris County Assistant Prosecutor who handled a variety of domestic violence cases ranging from attempted murder to terroristic threats.

In the state of New Jersey, a conviction for child abuse can have serious and long-term consequences. Ms. Hascup understands the importance of responding quickly and effectively to allegations of child abuse. 

She is a tough defence attorney who will fight the charges and get you the best possible outcome.

Contact Ms. Hascup's office at any time for an initial consultation, which is always free.

Child Abuse in New Jersey: N.J.S.A. 9:6-3 

Child Abuse is defined in N.J.S.A. 9:6-3, which states:

Any parent, guardian, or person having care, custody, or control of a child who abuses, abandons, is cruel to, or neglects such child, or any person who abuses, is cruel to, or neglects any child, is guilty of a fourth-degree crime.

N.J.S.A. 9:6-2 defines abuse, abandonment, cruelty, and neglect as follows:

Abuse of a child is defined as any of the following acts: 

(a) disposing of a child's custody in violation of the law; 

(b) employing or permitting a child to be employed in any vocation or employment that is harmful to its health or dangerous to its life or limb, or that is in violation of the laws of this State. 

(c) employing or permitting a child to be employed in any occupation, employment, or vocation dangerous to such child's morals; 

(d) the habitual use of profane, indecent, or obscene language by a parent or a person having custody and control of a child, in the hearing of such child; 

(e) the performance of any indecent, immoral, or unlawful act or deed in the presence of a child that may tend to debauch,

Abandonment of a child is defined as any of the following acts committed by anyone with custody or control of the child: 

(a) willfully abandoning a child.

(b) failing to care for and keep control and custody of a child so that the child is exposed to physical or moral risk without proper and sufficient protection.

(c) failing to care for and keep control and custody of a child so that the child is liable to be supported and maintained at the expense of the parent.

Abandonment of a child is defined as any of the following acts committed by anyone with custody or control of the child: 

(a) Willfully abandoning a child.

(b) failing to care for and keep control and custody of a child so that the child is exposed to physical or moral risk without adequate protection; or the child is liable to be supported and maintained at the expense of the parent.

Cruelty to children includes any of the following acts: 

(a) Inflicting unreasonably severe corporal punishment on a child; 

(b) Inflicting unwarranted mental or bodily suffering or agony on a kid;

(c) Torturing, vexing, or afflicting a kid on a regular basis

(d) any purposeful act of omission or conduct that causes or permits undue pain and suffering, whether mental or physical, to be inflicted on a child;

(e) Subjecting a child to undue hardship, weariness, or mental or physical stresses that could harm the child's health, physical, or moral well-being.

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Neglect of a child is defined as: 

(a) Willfully failing to provide proper and sufficient food, clothing, maintenance, regular school education as required by law, medical attendance or surgical treatment, and a clean and proper home, 

(b) Failure to do or permit to be done any act necessary for the child's physical or moral well-being. Continued inappropriate placement of a kid in an institution with knowledge that the placement has caused and may continue to cause harm to the child's mental or physical well-being is also considered neglect.