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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 39.250
Inference of Intent to Abandon
If you find from the evidence that the defendant left his or her [spouse; child; children] in
destitute or necessitous circumstances or contributed nothing to the support of his or her [spouse;
child; children] for a period of thirty days prior and/or subsequent to his departure, you may infer
that the defendant intended to abandon such [spouse; child; children] unless, from all the evidence,
you have a reasonable doubt that the abandonment was willful.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Criminal, Release 26, October 2025. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- crim-2025-10-01
- Content hash
1ce43000aa47cbd4172af684838059863b67f2022f64c154e62b61526aff30fc
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