Opinion ID: 2425372
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Heading: adequate support

Text: The State also demonstrated that defendant failed to provide adequate support. Ingrid Morovitz testified that she did not receive any child support payments in 1988 and 1989 from the defendant. Simone Morovitz, defendant's daughter, testified that between January 18, 1988, and January 18, 1989, she did not receive any food, clothing, or lodging from defendant. This testimony was sufficient to establish the element that defendant failed to provide adequate support. The fact the minor child does not suffer deprivation of necessary food, clothing, lodging, medical or surgical attention, or that such needs are being supplied by another, does not abrogate the parent's obligation under the statute. State v. Davis, 675 S.W.2d 410, 415-16 (Mo.App.1984).