405.025 Parent or guardian liable for willful damage to property caused by minor

405.025 Parent or guardian liable for willful damage to property caused by minor.

(1) The parent or guardian of any unemancipated minor, in his care and custody, against

whom judgment has been rendered for the willful marking upon, defacing or

damaging of any property, shall be liable for the payment of that judgment up to an

amount not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500), if the parent or guardian

has been joined as a party defendant in the original action. The judgment provided

herein to be paid shall be paid to the owner of the property damaged but such

payment shall not be a bar to any criminal action or any proceeding against the

unemancipated minor committing such damage for the balance of the judgment not

paid by the parent or guardian. No parent or guardian shall be liable under the

provisions of this subsection in a cumulative amount in excess of ten thousand

dollars ($10,000) for the willful marking upon, defacing or damaging of any

property by any child.

(2) Nothing in this section is intended to or shall limit to twenty-five hundred dollars

($2500) the liability of a person to whom the negligence of a minor is imputed by

KRS 186.590, nor shall this section limit the liability set forth in any other statute to

the contrary.