Wapsi Square Forum

Warrl wrote:

Thor wrote:Good thing this takes place in Minnesota instead of Illinois. In Illinois, leaving a child under the age of 14 home alone is a crime.

Specifically:

Illinois law defines a neglected minor, in part, as "any minor under the age of 14 years whose parent or other person responsible for the minor's welfare leaves the minor without supervision for an unreasonable period of time without regard for the mental or physical health, safety or welfare of that minor."

Juvenile Court Act, 705 ILCS 405/2-3(1)(d)

Do they define "unreasonable period of time"?

For a 12-year-old with a phone and a parent's number, whether I would consider overnight unreasonable would very much depend on the kid in question.

Besides, it seems there has been a miscommunication. According to the tag on the previous page, Mom and her S.O the school principal are elsewhere in the same building. Castela thinks they are elsewhere. And the noise that startled her... might be them.

edit: corrected "previous home".

jwhouk wrote:Do also recall that there's different ages of consent for Paras (i.e. drinking age).

Catawampus wrote:

jwhouk wrote:Do also recall that there's different ages of consent for Paras (i.e. drinking age).

Though it could still get awkward if somebody not in the know reported them to Child Protection Services.