<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 26-9-1 - Contributing to abuse, neglect, or delinquency or causing child to become child in need of supervision as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2050849Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050849SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050849CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050849Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050849DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050849000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050849SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050849SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2050849Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-9-1"><span class="s2050849SENU">26-9-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050849SENU">. </span><span class="s2050849CL">Contributing to abuse, neglect, or delinquency or causing child to become child in need of supervision as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050849Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050849DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who, by any act, causes, encourages, or contributes to the abuse, the neglect, or the delinquency of a child, or any person, other than a parent who, by any act, causes a child to become a child in need of supervision, as such phrases with reference to children are defined by chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-7A"><span class="s2050849DefaultParagraphFont">26-7A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050849DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-8A"><span class="s2050849DefaultParagraphFont">26-8A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050849DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-8B"><span class="s2050849DefaultParagraphFont">26-8B</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050849DefaultParagraphFont">, and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-8C"><span class="s2050849DefaultParagraphFont">26-8C</span></a><span class="s2050849DefaultParagraphFont">, or who is, in any manner, responsible therefor, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050849Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050849000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050849Normal"><span class="s2050849SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050849SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 43.9901; SL 1988, ch 214; SL 1993, ch 206, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>