Post by jimPost by CarterPost by g***@gmail.comPost by Maximathats hilarious!
Try leaving a 11 year old home alone and see what happens.
Post by g***@gmail.comPost by Habs RuleWondering if there is any law regarding the age children can be left home
alone in newfoundland ?
thanks :)
it is age 12 any younger childrens protection can get involved,Then it
can only be for a couple hours no late nights or overnight
Like I said, it depends on the maturity of the child. Many 10/11 yr old's
are far more dependable and able to follow a safety plan than a good many
12/13 yr old's. It's a judgment call based on the maturity of the child
and the common sense of the adult.
However you are right about the overnights and as well they are also
unable to be charged with the care of another child.
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age 12 is the age where you can be left home alonefor short periods no
younger.The maturity of a child is at the guardians discression at any
age over 12.
A half dozen people here have said essentially the same thing
but, as yet, no one has quoted any law or regulation to support it.
So, if there *is* a legal age at which a child can be left alone
there must be some law or regulation which explains it. Does
anyone know for sure if there is such a law on which to base the
opinions being expressed here?
I can't find any.
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Don't think there is any to be found for NL. IMO - age is not a
reflection of ones maturity.
Well, generally yes it is. It is the reason one must have
reached a certain age in order to do certain things, like get a
bank loan, drive a car, vote, etc., etc..
The Criminal Code of Canada would touch
Post by jimon it under child abandonment.
No, there is no such offence under the Criminal Code.
S. 215 of the code deals, in part, with the provision of the
necessaries of life for a child under 16 years. Here it is, note
the reverse onus in 215 (2).
Duties Tending to Preservation of Life
Duty of persons to provide necessaries
215. (1) Every one is under a legal duty
(a) as a parent, foster parent, guardian or head of a family,
to provide necessaries of life for a child under the age of
sixteen years;
(b) to provide necessaries of life to their spouse or
common-law partner; and
(c) to provide necessaries of life to a person under his charge
if that person
(i) is unable, by reason of detention, age, illness, mental
disorder or other cause, to withdraw himself from that charge, and
(ii) is unable to provide himself with necessaries of life.
Offence
(2) Every one commits an offence who, being under a legal duty
within the meaning of subsection (1), fails without lawful
excuse, the proof of which lies on him, to perform that duty, if
(a) with respect to a duty imposed by paragraph (1)(a) or (b),
(i) the person to whom the duty is owed is in destitute or
necessitous circumstances, or
(ii) the failure to perform the duty endangers the life of the
person to whom the duty is owed, or causes or is likely to cause
the health of that person to be endangered permanently; or
(b) with respect to a duty imposed by paragraph (1)(c), the
failure to perform the duty endangers the life of the person to
whom the duty is owed or causes or is likely to cause the health
of that person to be injured permanently.
Punishment
(3) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (2)
(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or
(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction
and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months.
Presumptions
(4) For the purpose of proceedings under this section,
(a) [Repealed, 2000, c. 12, s. 93]
(b) evidence that a person has in any way recognized a child as
being his child is, in the absence of any evidence to the
contrary, proof that the child is his child;
(c) evidence that a person has failed for a period of one month
to make provision for the maintenance of any child of theirs
under the age of sixteen years is, in the absence of any evidence
to the contrary, proof that the person has failed without lawful
excuse to provide necessaries of life for the child; and
(d) the fact that a spouse or common-law partner or child is
receiving or has received necessaries of life from another person
who is not under a legal duty to provide them is not a defence.