What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Washington
My granddaughter (14) skipped school - went with three friends over to a house to play Guitar Hero. It was a friend's house of one the kids she went with - no one was home. One of the kids got in the cupboards to look for something to eat - one cupboard had 6 bottles of whiskey in it. The kids started drinking the booze.
My granddaughter drank a lot - passed out. The other kids took her outside to try and sober her up. They were in the backyard of the house next door to the one they got the booze from. A 9 year old child came home and found them in the backyard and her and her Mom brought my granddaughter into the house. She threw up on their couch.
A long story short - this is her first offense - she was given diversion. They are wanting us to pay for the booze, the cleaning of the couch and a pro-rated cost for the couch. This comes to about $1,000.
What is our obligation in all of this - we do not have legal custody of her. Do the people where she drank the booze from have any liability since the booze was not locked up where kids could not easily get to it? (This was a teenager's house.) Do the people whose house she threw up on the couch in have any legal stand since they brought her into their house?
Does she qualify for public defense (if needed) since she is on a Tanif Grant?
Someone told me we should get her some kind of legal counsel. So, just curious.
Thank you.
My granddaughter (14) skipped school - went with three friends over to a house to play Guitar Hero. It was a friend's house of one the kids she went with - no one was home. One of the kids got in the cupboards to look for something to eat - one cupboard had 6 bottles of whiskey in it. The kids started drinking the booze.
My granddaughter drank a lot - passed out. The other kids took her outside to try and sober her up. They were in the backyard of the house next door to the one they got the booze from. A 9 year old child came home and found them in the backyard and her and her Mom brought my granddaughter into the house. She threw up on their couch.
A long story short - this is her first offense - she was given diversion. They are wanting us to pay for the booze, the cleaning of the couch and a pro-rated cost for the couch. This comes to about $1,000.
What is our obligation in all of this - we do not have legal custody of her. Do the people where she drank the booze from have any liability since the booze was not locked up where kids could not easily get to it? (This was a teenager's house.) Do the people whose house she threw up on the couch in have any legal stand since they brought her into their house?
Does she qualify for public defense (if needed) since she is on a Tanif Grant?
Someone told me we should get her some kind of legal counsel. So, just curious.
Thank you.