New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.55: Substitution of children
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits substitution of children when temporarily entrusted with an infant and deliberately replaces or returns a different child to the parent or guardian, intending to deceive them. This is a class E felony.
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