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In some cases, a parent may find themselves liable when a child causes personal harm to another person. This could result from a prank played on a neighbor that caused harm to a fight in the schoolyard. States may also set financial and other limits on the damages owed by a parent for personal injury caused by a child.
Your responsibility towards your child legally ends when your child gets to the age of 18 years. It also ends if they get married or enter into a registered partnership before 18 years. The court may also have the upper hand in terminating your parental responsibility.
Parental liability is the term used to refer to a parent's obligation to pay for damage caused by negligent, intentional, or criminal acts committed by the parent's child. A parent's liability usually ends when the child reaches the age of majority and doesn't begin until the child reaches 8 to 10 years old.
California Civil Code 1714.1 makes parents and guardians vicariously liable for up to $25,000 for their child's willful misconduct. To be liable under this section, however, the child's conduct must result in: Injury or death to another person, or. Injury to another person's property.
In California, the parent will be liable for the child's willful misconduct. A negligent act or accident would not be sufficient. If the act involves defacement of property (e.g. graffiti), then the parent may be liable for $25,000 per incident, plus attorney fees and court costs.