Section 260.06. Non-support of a child in the first degree  


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  • 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.