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                                 SENATE BILL 6294

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

By Senators Thorsness, Rasmussen, Nelson and Stratton

Read first time 01/23/92.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.Increasing the liability of parents for a child's actions.

     AN ACT Relating to liability of parent for child's actions; amending RCW 4.24.190; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     Sec. 1.  RCW 4.24.190 and 1977 ex.s. c 145 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

     The parent or parents of any minor child under the age of eighteen years who is living with the parent or parents and who shall willfully or maliciously destroy property, real or personal or mixed, or who shall willfully and maliciously inflict personal injury on another person, shall be liable to the owner of such property or to the person injured in a civil action at law for damages in an amount not to exceed ((three)) five thousand dollars.  This section shall in no way limit the amount of recovery against the parent or parents for their own common law negligence.