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In most cases, child abandonment is classified under a subsection of child abuse statutes and is punishable as a felony. Child abandonment is a Class 4 felony. A second or subsequent offense after a prior conviction is a Class 3 felony. Each state within the United States can categorize “neglect“ or “abandonment”  differently within their own specified judicial system that allows them to classify the crime to a more acute, stricter level. In a normal situation, after a following conviction, one or both guardians forfeit their parental rights, terminating their relationship with the child. .[5] Some states allow for reinstatement of the parents' relationships with their abandoned children;[5] however, it is unlikely the parents can regain custody.[5][unreliable source?] Perpetrators can also be charged with reckless abandonment if victims die as a result of their actions or neglect.[1][unreliable source?]

Perpetrators can also be charged with reckless abandonment if victims die as a result of their actions or neglect.[1][unreliable source?] Out of 491,710 victims of abuse and face maltreatment 74.9% are neglected,according to a statistical analysis in 2019. The way in which the data is interpreted is vital to how the statistical analysis is developed and presented. In order to obtain true statistical significance the definition of what child neglect is needs to be stated. These statistics that were present were based on the information provided on the bases that child maltreatment should be banished and stopped.}