{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-33-2.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:33-2.2","heading":"Penalties, fines for parents, legal guardians demonstrating willful, wanton disregard, conduct of juvenile.","body":"1.\tA parent or legal guardian having legal custody of a juvenile shall be:\na.\tsubject to a fine of $1,000, to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under the \"Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,\" P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.), if the parent or legal guardian demonstrated willful or wanton disregard in the exercise of the supervision and control of the conduct of the juvenile such that the juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for engaging in improper behavior in violation of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:33-2, which resulted in property damage;\nb.\tguilty of a petty disorderly persons offense if the parent or legal guardian demonstrated willful or wanton disregard in the exercise of the supervision and control of the conduct of the juvenile such that the juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for a first offense of inciting a public brawl in violation of subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:33-1; and\nc.\tguilty of a disorderly persons offense if the parent or legal guardian demonstrated willful or wanton disregard in the exercise of the supervision and control of the conduct of the juvenile and the juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for a second or subsequent offense of inciting a public brawl in violation of subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:33-1.\nL.2025, c.245.","path":["TITLE 2C THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"8d76080237a47f35bf05f2ee43e1b87b50d95e724f8a7228f72eac81ae9f169c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-33-2.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-33-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}