• 2007 - Justification (Use of Force by Persons Responsible for Care and Supervision of Minors)
  • K-3.60
    • Children And Minors
    • Defenses
    • Defenses
    • Discipline
    • Force
    • Justification
  • A [parent] [guardian] [other person responsible for the care and supervision of a minor] [person responsible for the care and supervision of the minor for a special purpose] [person acting at the direction of (any of the foregoing persons)] may use reasonable force upon the minor for the purpose of safeguarding or promoting the minor’s welfare, including prevention and punishment of the minor’s misconduct and the maintenance of proper discipline. The force must not create a substantial risk of death, serious bodily injury, disfigurement, or gross degradation.
    • 12.1-05-05(1)
    • Ekren v. Minneapolis., St. Paul & S. S. M. Ry. Co., 61 NW2d 193 (ND 1953)
    • Hope v. Great N. Ry. Co., 122 NW 997 (ND 1909)
    • Sherlock v. Minneapolis., St. Paul. & S. S. M. Ry. Co., 138 NW 976 (ND 1912)
    • South v. Nat’l R.R. Passenger Corp., 290 NW2d 819 (ND 1980)
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