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2007 SESSION
060771480Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 8.01-44 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 8.01-44. Action against parent for damages caused by minor.
The owner of any property may Any person may
institute an action and recover from the parents, or either of them, of any
minor living with such parents, or either of them, for [ actual ] damages
suffered by reason of the willful or malicious destruction of, or damage to,
such property by conduct of such minor. No more than $2,500 may be
recovered from such parents, or either of them, as a result of any incident or
occurrence on which such action is based. Any recovery from the parent or
parents of such minor shall not preclude full recovery from such minor except
to the amount of the recovery from such parent or parents. The provisions of
this statute shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other law
imposing upon a parent liability for the acts of his minor child.