A. Offenses: The following shall be offenses when committed by adults against minors:
1. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who solicits, requests, commands, encourages, or intentionally aids or who acts with a juvenile in the violation of any federal, state, or city ordinance, or who tends to cause children to become or remain delinquent, or who aids, contributes to, or becomes responsible for the neglect, abuse, or delinquency of any child;
2. Any person eighteen (18) years or older, having a child in his or her legal custody, or under his or her care, or in his or her employment, who wilfully abuses or ill treats, neglects, or abandons the child in any manner likely to cause the child unnecessary suffering or serious injury to his or her health or morals;
3. Any person eighteen (18) years or older who forcibly takes away a child from, or wrongfully encourages him or her to leave, the legal or physical custody of any person, agency, or institution in which the child lawfully resides or has been legally placed for the purpose of care, support, education or adoption, or any person who knowingly detains or harbors a child whom he or she has reasonable grounds to believe has escaped or fled from the custody of any agency or institution in which the child lawfully resides or has run away from his or her parent, guardian, or custodian;
4. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who provides a child with an alcoholic beverage or a controlled substance, or who encourages or permits a child to consume an alcoholic beverage or controlled substance; or
5. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who fails to report child abuse, as required by Utah Code Annotated section 62A-4a-401 et seq., as amended.
B. Conviction Not Necessary: It shall not be necessary in order to obtain a conviction under this statute to establish that the minor had become a delinquent or committed a delinquent act. (Ord. 870, 11-25-2008)