710.9  Civil liability for harboring a runaway child.

A parent, guardian, or custodian of a runaway child has a right of action against a person who harbored the runaway child in violation of section 710.8 for expenses sustained in the search for the child, for damages sustained due to physical or emotional distress due to the absence of the child, and for punitive damages.

Section History: Recent form

  85 Acts, ch 183, §2

Internal References

  Referred to in § 710.8


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