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Wis JI-Civil 1013
Parent's Duty to Control Minor Child
A parent must use ordinary care to control (his) (her) minor child so as to prevent the
child from intentionally harming others or from conducting (himself) (herself) so as to create
an unreasonable risk or bodily harm to others, if the parent knows or should know:
(1) that (he) (she) has the ability to control the child;
(2) that there is a necessity for exercising such control; and
(3) that there is an opportunity to do it.
A parent is not required to anticipate and guard against every logically possible
instance of a child’s misconduct. The parent must know, or should have known, that the child
had a habit of engaging in the particular act or course of conduct which led to the plaintiff’s
injury.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1013 (2006). ©2006, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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