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Typically, parents can face legal consequences for failing to ensure their child attends school regularly, which may include fines or other penalties. If a child is on runaway status, parents may be required to report the situation to authorities and cooperate with efforts to locate and return the child to a safe environment. However, whether a parent could be sent to jail specifically for a child not going to school while on runaway status would depend on the circumstances and relevant laws in the jurisdiction.
they should
No. If the child is in jail, the custodial parent is not supporting the child. Any amount should be paid to the state if required.
they can be sent to jail for abuse
when the parent isn't home, and the child is alone in the house. In some cases it's child neglect, if the child records or has some kind of documentation of he/she doing the act, the parent can go to jail, or the child.
What if a residential parent had to go to jail and the child is with a friend. Can the other joint go get her.
Several years ago laws were passed to insure parents sent their children to school. A school can refer a parent to a hearing after a child has had extreme number of absence's. The judge will listen to the facts and can fine a parent as well as give jail time. The parent also has to pay for the court costs. This can add up to a pretty good sum of money.
Yes - the child's needs continue.
Minimum amount a parent has to pay to get out of jail.
If the non-custodial parent is found to have willfully failed to pay child support, the court can sentence the parent to up to six (6) months in jail, a $500.00 fine, and even revoke the parent's drivers license. It is not uncommon for non-supporters to get longer jail time after failing to comply with a child support order after a contempt adjudication.
Yes unless they are found to be unfit.
No.