2017 Louisiana Laws
Civil Code
CC 2318 - Acts of a minor

Universal Citation: LA Civ Code 2318 (2017)

Art. 2318. Acts of a minor

The father and the mother are responsible for the damage occasioned by their minor child, who resides with them or who has been placed by them under the care of other persons, reserving to them recourse against those persons. However, the father and mother are not responsible for the damage occasioned by their minor child who has been emancipated by marriage, by judgment of full emancipation, or by judgment of limited emancipation that expressly relieves the parents of liability for damages occasioned by their minor child.

The same responsibility attaches to the tutors of minors.

Acts 1984, No. 578, §1; Acts 2008, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

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