Custodial Interference concerns which action?

• A. Knowingly taking custody of an adult.
• B. Intentionally harming a child.
• C. Knowingly taking, enticing, or keeping from lawful custody any child less than 18 years of age or incompetent entrusted by authority of law to the custody of another person or institution
• D. Negligently supervising a child.

Answer: (C)

Custodial Interference focuses on unlawfully disrupting a legal custody arrangement of a child. The essential elements are that the person knowingly acts to take, entice, or keep from lawful custody a child under 18 (or an incompetent entrusted by law to someone else’s custody). It’s not about harming the child or simply neglecting supervision; it’s about deliberately altering who has legal custody.

That’s why the description that matches all these elements is the correct understanding. It specifies taking, enticing, or keeping a child from someone who legally has custody, and it includes the target being under 18 or incompetent. The other choices describe adult situations, harm to a child, or negligent supervision, none of which capture the act of unlawfully removing or retaining a child from lawful custody.