Any person who, by any act or by any word, encourages, contributes toward, causes, or tends to cause any minor child under the age of 17 years to become neglected or delinquent so as to come or tend to come under the jurisdiction of the juvenile division of the probate court, as defined under Public Act 288 of 1939, Ch. 12a, § 2, as added by Public Act 54 of 1944, being M.C.L.A. § 712A.2, and any amendments thereto, whether or not such child is, in fact, adjudicated a ward of the probate court, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2011 Code, § 9.28.010) (Ord. 44, passed - -1969) Penalty, see § 131.99