Originally Posted by Chickenhauler:
Laws vary from one state to another, and if I recall correctly, in MN, we are not permitted to release a child into the care of a drunken driver.
That's the legal side....anyone want to talk about liability here?
Dad picks up child in an inebriated condition. Dad heads down road, blows stop sign, T-bones someone, child is killed (drunks almost always survive for some reason). Toxicology report shows that Dad was WAAAYYYY over the legal limit.
Mom is irate that you released child into drunken drivers care.
Mom sues you for negligence.
You lose.
Big time.
You now live in a cardboard box under the bridge.
Still thinking about releasing that child to a drunk driver?
Ask yourself this....would you let YOUR child get in that car?
Then why are you letting this child get in that car?
Honestly I don't give a flip about the law on this. I simply do NOT care. I don't know the law in my State and I won't bother looking it up. I would not EVER release a kid to a parent who was drunk.
NEVER NEVER NEVER I will take the kidnapping charge thankyouverymuch. Good luck getting a judge or a jury to find you guilty on that.