Title 26, MINORS

The victim need not establish which act in a series of continuing sexual abuse or exploitation incidents caused the injury complained of, but may compute the date of discovery from the date of discovery of the last act by the same perpetrator which is part of a common course of c…

The knowledge of a custodial parent or guardian may not be imputed to a person under the age of eighteen years for the purposes of §§ 26-10-25 to 26-10-29 , inclusive. Source: SL 1991, ch 219 , § 3.

For the purposes of §§ 26-10-25 to 26-10-29 , inclusive, a child is any person under the age of eighteen years. Source: SL 1991, ch 219 , § 4.

As used in §§ 26-10-25 to 26-10-29 , inclusive, childhood sexual abuse is any act committed by the defendant against the complainant who was less than eighteen years of age at the time of the act and which act would have been a violation of chapter 22-22 or prior laws of similar …

It is a Class 6 felony for any parent, guardian, or custodian to knowingly permit physical or sexual abuse of a child. It is an affirmative defense, to be proven by clear and convincing evidence, to prosecution under this section if, at the time of the offense, there was a reason…

It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly cause a child to be present where any person is using, distributing, or manufacturing methamphetamines. Source: SL 2006, ch 146 , § 2.

No person may brand a minor. For the purposes of this section, the term, brand, means to make a permanent mark on a person's skin through the use of heat, cold, or a chemical compound, or to cut, tear, or abrade the skin for the purpose of creating a permanent mark or design. It …

No minor, as defined in subdivision 26-7A-1 (21), may intentionally create, produce, distribute, present, transmit, post, exchange, disseminate, or possess, through any computer or digital media, any photograph or digitized image or any visual depiction of a minor in any conditio…

It is an affirmative defense to the offense of juvenile sexting that the minor has not solicited the visual depiction, that the minor does not subsequently distribute, present, transmit, post, print, disseminate, or exchange the visual depiction, and that the minor deletes or des…

It is not a defense to the offense of juvenile sexting that the visual depiction is of the person charged. Source: SL 2012, ch 148 , § 3.