RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS FOR ACTS OF MINORS – CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ASPECT

Abstract

Parental rights consist of the rights and duties of parents to take care of the personality, rights and interests of their children. Parents are obliged to provide parental care in the best interest of the child, in accordance with his developmental needs and capabilities. Parents have the right and duty to protect and raise a child by personally taking care of his life, development, health and guiding him towards the adoption of values of universal character, and the acceptance of positive moral and social norms.In this sense, a particularly important issue is certainly the question of parental responsibility for the actions of their children, viewed from a civil law, as well as a criminal law aspect. For the actions of their children, when the legal requirements are met, parents are subject to civil liability for the damage caused, while when it comes to criminal law, parents can be held liable for the criminal offense of neglecting and abusing a child.