Chapter 15 OFFENSES--MISCELLANEOUS*
Sec. 15-12. Unlawful conduct of parents.
It shall be unlawful for a parent having legal custody of a juvenile
knowingly to permit or by inefficient control to allow the juvenile to remain in
any city public place under circumstances not constituting an exception to, or
otherwise beyond the scope of, section 15-10. The term “knowingly”
includes knowledge that a parent should reasonably by expected to have
concerning the whereabouts of a juvenile in that parent’s legal custody.
This requirement is intended to hold a neglectful or careless parent up to a
reasonable community standard of parental responsibility through an objective
test. It shall, therefore, be no defense that a parent was completely
indifferent to the activities or conduct or whereabouts of such juvenile. (Ord.
No. G-78-15, § 1, 6-15-78; Ord. No. G-95-20, § 1, 6-15-95)
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