Article 335 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE NINETEENTH. Crimes against life and bodily integrity · CHAPTER VII. Abandonment of persons
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
To whoever abandons a child incapable of caring for himself or a sick person, having the obligation to care for them, there shall be applied from one month to four years of imprisonment, if no harm results, depriving him, moreover, of parental authority or guardianship, if the offender is an ascendant or guardian of the offended party.