If a parent has a suspended licenese and drives with their minor daughter in the car, is that a form of child abuse?

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If a parent has a suspended licenese and drives with their minor daughter in the car, is that a form of child abuse?

My ex-husband is driving on a suspended driver’s license and wants to utilize his custody time with our daughter and drive with her in a vehicle on a suspended license. Is that a form of child abuse? Am I okay to tell him no he cannot take her?

Asked on May 20, 2019 under Criminal Law, Colorado

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 4 years ago | Contributor

No, it's not child abuse because it may be illegal, but it is not risky or harmful to her. It's like buying her toys with money he embezzled or committed tax fraud on may be illegal, but it's not abuse. If he is a dangerous or unsafe driver, you would have grounds to go to the court and try to stop him from doing this, but a license suspension by itself is no kind of child safety, etc. violation.


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