What are some possible defenses against child endangerment?

Child endangerment is a serious criminal charge that could lead to jail time, loss of access to your child, and other penalties. As such, if you have been accused of child endangerment and you do not believe the accusation was justified, it is very important that you take adequate steps to defend yourself. There are a number of different potential defenses against child endangerment that you could use when facing such charges. Defenses include:

• An argument that the accusations are false. Unfortunately, it's all too common for false reports of child endangerment to be made by one of the parents in a divorce or custody dispute. The parent may claim you endangered your child in an effort to get sole custody or because he or she wishes to punish you for the separation. In such cases, you can provide evidence to attest to the false accusation. 
• An argument that a mistake was made. Sometimes, a child will say something that leads a well meaning individual to report a case of child endangerment, but the comment was taken out of context and will not actually be evidence you endangered your child at all. For example, a teacher may overhear a child say that you left him alone for 20 hours in a hot car, but this might really be an exaggeration and you may have really only left for one minute to get the mail. 
• An argument that you have a good reason for whatever the allegedly endangering actions were. For example, if you did not get medical care for your child and were charged with endangering your child because of it, a defense could be that your religious convictions prevent you from getting medical care. 

To get help defending yourself against these serious charges, you should strongly consider speaking with an experienced lawyer.