State v. Salazar

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Sp.J.,

concurring in result.

Because the trial judge made clear that David Salazar’s conviction rested only on the default administrative order and that he did not conclude that David Salazar was *648the child’s biological father, I concur in the reversal of his conviction for failing to support this child.

The Missouri legislature has rightly enacted a law making it a crime for a parent to fail to provide adequate support for his or her child.1 The legislature has provided that for purposes of the criminal nonsupport statute, a “child” means:... any biological or adoptive child,…