Section 5-206 - Right to sue for seduction or wrongful injury of minor child. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-206. Right to sue for seduction or wrongful injury of minor child.
 

(a)  Parent's right to sue.- One parent, to the exclusion of the other parent, may sue for the loss of services and earnings of the parent's minor child if: 

(1) the loss was caused by: 

(i) the seduction of the child; or 

(ii) an injury wrongfully or negligently inflicted on the child; and 

(2) that parent has been awarded custody of the child or the other parent has abandoned the child or is dead. 

(b)  Scope of section.- This section does not affect any provision of the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 72A, § 3; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 1991, ch. 21, § 3.]