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New Jersey Supreme Court rules that leaving a child alone in a car is not automatically abusive
August 20, 2015 5:48PM ET
'Baby in the car' [Shutterstock]
TRENTON -- Leaving a young child alone in a vehicle is not automatically abuse or neglect, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in the case of a New Jersey woman who was arrested for shopping while her 19-month-old daughter slept in her car. In a unanimous 7-0 decision, New Jersey's highest court reversed an appeals court…