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STATE v. WILSON

No. 63585.

287 N.W.2d 587 (1980)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Linda Doreen WILSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kjas T. Long, of Hinton & Long, Waterloo, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., John G. Black, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Bruce C. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., and David H. Correll, Black Hawk County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and REES, UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, and McCORMICK, JJ.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the meaning of "abandons" in our statute on wanton neglect of minors, § 726.6(2), Code Supp. 1977, now § 726.6(2), The Code 1979.

Wanton neglect was punishable under the predecessor statute in section 731A.1 of the 1977 Code and was defined thus in section 731A.2:

"Wanton neglect" as contemplated by section 731A.1 is willful neglect of such a nature, arising under such circumstances as a parent of...

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