Is ignorance of the fact that a child has been born a defense?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Clarke, 146 Cal.App.2d Supp. 904, 304 P.2d 271 (Cal. Super. 1956):
3. Ignorance of the fact that a child has been born is a defense. People v. Frietas, 1939, 34 Cal.App.2d 684, 94 P.2d 397.
Mistake of fact has been recognized as a good defense to prosecutions under other statutes.
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