§ 18B-2. Duty of parent—Appearance in court.

(a)

Whenever a summons and complaint under this Code is filed against a child, the court shall send a parent or guardian, by first class mail, a notice that includes the alleged violation, date of violation, location at which the alleged violation occurred and the date, time and place of the scheduled court appearance and an order that the parent or guardian appear with the minor at each and every court appearance.

(b)

It shall be the duty of a parent or guardian to appear with the child at each and every court appearance. It shall be unlawful for a parent to fail to appear at each and every required court appearance or fail to comply with the written promise to appear with the child, and a violation of the same may be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars and/or not more than ninety days in jail. It shall be an affirmative defense to this violation if the parent demonstrates to the court that at the time of the offense either (1) the parent(s) did not have lawful custody of the minor; (2) the minor was not residing with the parent(s); (3) the minor was emancipated or (4) if the parent(s) can demonstrate that the juvenile was uncontrollable.

(Ord. No. 776, (part).)