PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTS OF MINOR

To many, parenting seems like it never ends but legally, certain parental responsibilities do.

For example, under General Obligations Law 3-112,  parents and legal guardians are responsible for the actions of their minor children which, under this statute, applies if a minor child is over 10, and less than 18, years old. Here are some cases:

In Peerless Insurance Co. v. Prim, 2007 NY Slip Op 32178 - NY: Supreme Court 2007, the mother of a 14 year old girl was responsible for damages caused when her daughter drove through the parking lot of the Mattituck Plaza, lost control, accelerated, and then drove through an ice-cream shop. 

In Rivera v. Meehan, 2012 NY Slip Op 51652 - NY: Appellate Term, 2nd Dept. 2012, the parents of a 17 year old boy were responsible for landscaping damages to their neighbor's property caused by their son's ATV.