Desert - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Desert means to intentionally abandon a person or thing. Some common uses of the term desert in a legal sense include:

• Cases such as this one from New Jersey explain that the term �desert� in the context of marriage and child support, usually has a broader meaning which extends to �a willful failure to provide food, or other basic necessities of life over and above mere shelter, to parties living in the same household.�
• The term �desert� in the context of child endangerment laws, usually requires a showing that the defendant had no intention to return for the child.