Chapter 22 - Vanessa’s sentence

Noah survived without permanent physical injury.
Vanessa had:
No prior felony record.
Strong employment history.
But deliberate conduct against a one-year-old.
Planning evidence.
False accusation against another child.
Sentence:
Six years total.
Thirty months suspended.
Forty-two months to serve.
Three years supervised probation.
No unsupervised contact with either child unless a family court later approved after professional review.
No work involving placement decisions for minors during probation.
Restitution for:
Noah’s uninsured medical costs.
Lily’s directly attributable therapy costs where legally recoverable.
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Credits applied against any overlapping civil recovery.
No double payment.