Published on Tuesday June 11, 2024 at 7:33 p.m.
This is an extremely rare case which occurred this weekend in Sainte-Cécile. It was a young teenager, barely 14 years old, who was driving the vehicle in which Odai was. He had taken his parents’ car, who were away for the weekend, when he unfortunately lost control.
A question that many ask is: what is the risk of the young person who drove the vehicle? Me Marc Kauten, family law lawyer, answers us: “He will first have to go before a youth judge. It is he who will see the sanctions to be taken. They are mainly educational: it can be work of general interest, or follow training. »
So what about the parents? “They are civilly responsible, as he is under 16, we will have to see if the family insurance will intervene. Normally, this should be the case, as the young person is under 16 years old and these are unintentional facts. If he was over 16 years old and it was voluntary, as was the case for example with the young people who threw the roadway onto the highway, the family insurance would not intervene. But no, they don’t risk prison. »
