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.]