Minnesota Statutes
Minn. Stat. § 617.55 (2026)
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[Repealed, 1963 c 753 art 2 s 17]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1950–1981 · leading case: State v. Lawrence, 312 N.W.2d 251 (Minn. 1981).
State v. Lawrence, 312 N.W.2d 251 (Minn. 1981). “2d 139 (1968) (holding that the crime of child abandonment under Minn.Stat. § 617.55 (1961) (since repealed) was generally recognized as a continuing offense which is not committed by any overt act but by omission and neglect).”
State v. Townsend, 108 N.W.2d 608 (Minn. 1961). “Section 617.55 reads: “Every parent, including the duly adjudged father of an illegitimate child and a parent who in an action for divorce or separate maintenance or in a neglect, delinquency or dependency proceeding for his or her child in Juvenile Court has been judicially…”
Lieder v. Straub, 42 N.W.2d 11 (Minn. 1950). “§ 617.55; 5 Dunnell, Dig. & Supp. § 7305c.”
State Ex Rel. Geiselhart v. Tahash, 144 N.W.2d 354 (Minn. 1966). “1961, § 617.55, is unconstitutional because intent, which is an essential element of the crime, is to be presumed after a desertion of 3 months; (2) that he was denied due process of law because he was not afforded counsel prior to a preliminary examination or his waiver…”
In Re Guardianship of Kowalke, 46 N.W.2d 275 (Minn. 1950). “[15] Although a father who has been judicially deprived of the custody of his child in an action for divorce or separate maintenance can still be prosecuted for abandonment under the provisions of § 617.55, it is the opinion of the attorney general of Minnesota that a…”
State Ex Rel. Sargent v. Tahash, 160 N.W.2d 139 (Minn. 1968). “1961, § 617.55. On October 16, 1963, he was arraigned on an information charging that on February 20, 1959, he abandoned and failed to care for and support a minor child for whom he had legal responsibility and that “the said William Sargent has ever since continued to so…”
State Ex Rel. Grattan v. Tahash, 113 N.W.2d 342 (Minn. 1962). “(2d) 608, 613 , under facts similar to those in the instant case, this court said: “Clearly, where the charge is desertion or abandonment under § 617.55, intent to commit the offense must be proved to sustain the conviction.”
Kowalke v. Lutheran Welfare Soc'y, 46 N.W.2d 275 (Minn. 1950). “Although a father who has been judicially deprived of the custody of his child in an action for divorce or separate maintenance can still be prosecuted for abandonment under the provisions of § 617.55, it is the opinion of the attorney general of Minnesota that a prosecution…”
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