Child Abuse Found in Leaving Child In Car During Brief Shopping Stop<\/a><\/h4>\nLeaving a child alone in a car with the motor running for even just a few minutes can be enough to sustain a finding of abuse and neglect, a New Jersey appeals court rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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