(A) No person shall by any act or omission contribute to, encourage or tend to cause the delinquency or neglect of any child, including but not limited to, aid or encouraging any such child to habitually or continually refuse to respond, without just cause, to the lawful supervision of such child's parents, guardian or custodian or to be habitually absent from school without just cause.
(B) In addition to any penalty provided under this section and any restitution which may be ordered by the court under W. V. Code §§ 61-11A-1 et seq., the court may order any person convicted under the provisions of this section to pay all or any portion of the cost of medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment of the child resulting from the act or acts for which the person is convicted, whether or not the child is considered to have sustained bodily injury.
('71 Code, § 533.01) Penalty, see § 101.99
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For similar provisions, see W. V. Code § 49-7-7