Wyoming § 14-6-244 Parental liability for failure to exercise
reasonable control and authority

Wyoming Statutes

§ 14-6-244 — Parental liability for failure to exercise reasonable control and authority

Wyoming § 14-6-244

Title 14Children

Ch. 6JUVENILES

Art. 2JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-6-244 (2026).

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(a)A parent or guardian having custody of a child shall exercise such parental control and authority over the child as is reasonably necessary to prevent the child from engaging in delinquent acts.

(b)If the court finds at the hearing of a juvenile petition that the parent or guardian having custody of the child has failed or neglected to subject the juvenile to reasonable parental control and authority, and that such failure or neglect is the proximate cause of the act or acts of the juvenile upon which a finding of delinquency is based, the court may, if the child is placed on probation, require the parent or guardian to furnish a cash deposit or bond in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the conditions of the child's prob

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(a) A parent or guardian having custody of a child shall
exercise such parental control and authority over the child as
is reasonably necessary to prevent the child from engaging in
delinquent acts.
(b) If the court finds at the hearing of a juvenile
petition that the parent or guardian having custody of the child
has failed or neglected to subject the juvenile to reasonable
parental control and authority, and that such failure or neglect
is the proximate cause of the act or acts of the juvenile upon
which a finding of delinquency is based, the court may, if the
child is placed on probation, require the parent or guardian to
furnish a cash deposit or bond in an amount not to exceed five
hundred dollars ($500.00), conditioned upon the faithful
discharge of the conditions of the child's probation.
(c) The court may declare all or part of a cash deposit or
bond posted under subsection (b) of this section forfeited if:
(i) The juvenile commits a subsequent delinquent act
or is found to be in contempt of court or to have violated the
terms of his probation; and
(ii) The court, after hearing, finds that the child's
act was proximately caused by the failure or neglect of the
parent or guardian to subject the juvenile to reasonable
parental control and authority, including, but not limited to,
enforcement of curfew, home detention, school attendance, or
other conditions of probation.
(d) Funds received upon forfeiture of a cash deposit or
bond under subsection (c) of this section shall be applied in
payment of damages, if any, which may have been caused by the
juvenile. The balance of the proceeds shall be retained by the
court to apply to any future damages resulting from the act or
acts of the juvenile until the juvenile reaches eighteen (18)
years of age at which time any remaining proceeds shall be
returned to the parent or guardian.
(e) The provisions of this section as it relates to the
failure or neglect of a parent or guardian to subject a child to
reasonable parental control and authority, are in addition to
and not in substitution for any other requirements of law. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to foster parents.