Arizona Laws 13-3611. Refusal or neglect to provide for spouse; classification
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A married person, having sufficient ability to provide for his or her spouse’s support or who is able to earn the means of such spouse’s support, who knowingly fails or refuses to provide the spouse with necessary food, clothing, shelter or medical attendance, unless by such spouse’s misconduct he or she was justified in so doing, is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3611
- Knowingly: means , with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense, that a person is aware or believes that the person's conduct is of that nature or that the circumstance exists. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Misdemeanor: means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment other than to the custody of the state department of corrections is authorized by any law of this state. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105