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parental liability statute

parental-liability statute. A law obliging parents to pay damages for torts (esp. intentional ones) committed by their minor children. • All states have these laws, but most limit the parents’ monetary liability to about $3,000 per tort. Parents can also be held criminally liable for the acts of their children. One group of laws is […]

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parental responsibility statute

glossary / PARENTAL-RESPONSIBILITY STATUTE

parental-responsibility statute. 1. A law imposing criminal sanctions (such as fines) on parents whose minor children commit crimes as a result of the parents’ failure to exercise sufficient control over them. — Also termed control-your-kid law. 2. PARENTAL-LIABILITY STATUTE. [Cases: Parent and Child 13.5(2, 4).C.J.S. Parent and Child §§ 191, 312–315.]

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