my brother is saying that if a child that is 15 years old and is being suppervised by a parent(s) or gaudian and it is in parents house it is leagal to serve alcohol to your children.
now i think what he is saying isn't leagal. is it leagal or is it not.
please give me good answers.
2006-08-19 17:59:10 · 17 answers · asked by ♥Sarisa♥ 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
don't worry it's not me. i'm 13 and i thought what he said to me was all bull sh**.
2006-08-19 18:22:19 · update #1
totally illegal your parents would be arrested for serving alchohol to minors
Parental Responsibility & the Law
Some parents provide alcohol to minors at parties or fail to see the truth that alcohol use occurs. If you're a parent who is thinking about providing or allowing alcohol at a party in your home (or elsewhere) you ought to know the laws. Parents may be held responsible if someone, as a result of alcohol use:
Gets into a fight and hurts someone
Falls and hurts themselves or someone else
Sexually assaults someone
Damages property
Dies from drinking too much
Injures or kills someone while driving after leaving the party
You have a civil liability (meaning you can be sued) to pay damages if either a partygoer is hurt or a third person is injured. Virginia law recognizes your liability for negligence if you provide alcohol to a minor who causes injury to another or him/herself. You may also face criminal charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Even if the above negative situations do not occur, you may face legal charges for providing or allowing alcohol to be used by minors in your home (including your own teen). For example, it is against state law to allow (aid or abet) underage persons to possess or consume alcohol. This is a Class 1 misdemeanor and conviction could result in fines up to $2,500 and/or 1 year in jail and the loss of a driver's license for up to 1 year. Purchasing, aiding and abetting or giving alcohol to minors is against the law.
2006-08-19 18:10:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In many states it is legal to allow your own minor child to consume alcohol in your own home while in your presence. Anyone answering that is not legal should look at the state laws. The majority of which permits it under those conditions. However if law enforcement is contacted and an officer finds that a minor child is being given alcohol excessively then agencies like child protective services can be contacted and the parent can be charged with endangering the health of a child and may lose custody of the child.
2006-08-22 23:46:30 · answer #2 · answered by deputeesteph33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This will most likely vary by state, but in my state (Illinois) if the parents are caught doing this they will be arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. And the minor will be sighted for illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor. So just to be on the safe side if your parents/Brother are planning on this, I would check local laws first just to be safe.
2006-08-19 18:18:57 · answer #3 · answered by The Prez. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your Brother is incorrect the Law says that drinking under 21 is illigal. On another note, drinking (Alcohol) is at younger age bad for your brain development, so do wait a few years untill that not unimportant part of your body is developed.
2006-08-19 18:12:17 · answer #4 · answered by AJK 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were in Europe it wouldn't be a big deal, drinking age is 16 but as long as your with a parent they don't care. It's ilegal to serve minors regardless of their age. But the chances of the cops finding out or what not is slim so depending on the parents. My parents don't care but then again i've lived in europe with the 16 year old drinking age.
2006-08-19 18:06:07 · answer #5 · answered by expatsykes 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is illegal and the adult whose home it is can be held liable for anything that happens to the minor, in the home or after he leaves the home. It is called" contributing to the delinquency of a minor" and it is ground for jail.
2006-08-19 18:05:42 · answer #6 · answered by bellamonster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is illegal everywhere to serve alcohol to a minor, tho if caught the only way any law will ok it, is if the parents are serving to child and are not excessively tryin to get child drunk!
2006-08-19 18:06:32 · answer #7 · answered by BIG DADDY 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It may have been legal once upon a time, but I wouldn't do it now- the cops would nail you for the "deliquency of a minior"
2006-08-19 18:14:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's legal in Texas for a parent to allow their child and only their child to drink in their home.
2006-08-19 18:06:33 · answer #9 · answered by frr_ls 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is illegal. The law says you must be 21 to consume alchohol.
2006-08-19 18:05:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋