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Cross Reference: As to alcohol-related offenses involving minors, § 600.060.
[R.O. 1993 § 220.410; CC 1969 § 18-19.1; Ord. No. 2120 §§ 1 — 3, 7-12-1976; Res. No. 2419, 10-26-1987; Ord. No. 2578 § 1, 3-27-1995; Ord. No. 2617 §§ 1 — 3, 9-23-1996]
A. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following terms shall be deemed to have the meaning indicated below:
CRIMINAL ACT
An act which violates the Statutes of the United States, the Statutes of the State of Missouri, or the ordinances of the City of Malden, Missouri, including moving violations.
MINOR
Any person under the age of seventeen (17) years.
PARENT
Mother, father, a legal guardian or any person having the care or custody of a minor.
B. 
Lack Of Parental Supervision Prohibited.
1. 
No parent shall knowingly permit, encourage, aid or cause a minor to commit a criminal act nor engage in any conduct which would be injurious to the minor's morals or health.
2. 
No parent shall fail to exercise customary and effective control over a minor so as to contribute to, cause or tend to cause a minor to commit a criminal act.
3. 
Notification of responsibility.
a. 
Whenever a minor shall be arrested or detained for the commission of any criminal act within the City of Malden, Missouri, the Police Department shall immediately notify the minor's parent of the arrest or detention and shall advise the parent of his/her responsibility under this Section and such parent shall appear in the said Police Department within forty-eight (48) hours after such notice.
b. 
A record of said notifications shall be kept by the Police Department.
4. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
C. 
Curfew.
1. 
It is unlawful for any minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or to drive or ride in an automobile, or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, except on Fridays and Saturdays when the hours shall be 11:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. of the following day, except that this Section does not apply to a minor accompanied by his/her parent, or where the minor is upon an emergency or legitimate business directed by his/her parent.
2. 
It is unlawful or the parent of a minor to knowingly permit such minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, except on Friday and Saturday when the hours shall be 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. the following day, except that this Section shall not apply when the minor is accompanied by his/her parents, or where the minor is upon an emergency or legitimate business directed by his/her parent.
3. 
Any Police Officer finding a minor in violation of this Section shall warn the minor to desist immediately from such violation. The Police Department shall cause a written notice to be served upon the parent of such minor setting forth the manner in which this Section has been violated. After receiving notice of the first violation by the minor, any parent of such minor who knowingly permits such minor to again violate the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
[R.O. 1993 § 220.412; Ord. No. 2664, 10-12-1998]
A. 
Any parent, guardian, or other person having charge, control or custody of a child, who violates the provisions of Section 167.031, RSMo., pertaining to compulsory school attendance, is guilty of violating this Section. Upon conviction and pending any judicial appeal, the defendant shall be required to enroll the child in a public, private, parochial, parish or home school within three (3) public school days, after which each successive school day shall constitute a separate violation of Section 167.031, RSMo., and this Section. The fine or imprisonment, or both, may be suspended and finally remitted by the court, with or without the payment of costs, at the discretion of the court, if the child is immediately placed and kept in regular attendance at a public, private, parochial, parish or home school and if the fact of regular attendance is proved subsequently to the satisfaction of the court. A certificate stating that the child is regularly attending a public, private, parochial, parish, or home school and properly attested by the superintendent, principal, or the person in charge of the school is prima facie evidence of regular attendance by the child.
B. 
Any parent, guardian, or other person having charge, control or custody of a child and fails to provide proper or necessary support, education as required by law, nutrition or medical, or any other care necessary for the child's well-being is guilty of child neglect as defined in Section 210.110, RSMo., under definitions. The fine or imprisonment, or both, may be suspended and finally remitted by the court, with or without the payment of costs, at the discretion of the court, if the parent, guardian, or other person having charge, control or custody of a child immediately begins to provide for the child's needs.