2017 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 14 - CHILDREN
CHAPTER 2 - PARENTS
ARTICLE 2 - RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
SECTION 14-2-203 - Parental tort liability for property damage of certain minors; exception; action cumulative.
14-2-203. Parental tort liability for property damage of certain minors; exception; action cumulative.
(a) Any property owner is entitled to recover damages from the parents of any minor under the age of seventeen (17) years and over the age of ten (10) years who maliciously and willfully damages or destroys his property. The recovery is limited to the actual damages in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) in addition to taxable court costs. This section does not apply to parents whose parental custody and control of the child had been terminated by court order prior to the destructive act.
(b) The action authorized in subsection (a) of this section is in addition to all other actions which the owner is entitled to maintain and nothing in this section precludes recovery in a greater amount from the minor, parents or any person for damages for which the minor or other person would otherwise be liable. The purpose of this section is to authorize recovery from parents in situations where they would not otherwise be liable.
