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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