A. Definitions:
COMPELLING REASON: Imminent danger from incest, a life threatening situation, or equally traumatizing circumstance.
RUNAWAY CHILD: An unemancipated minor who is voluntarily absent from the home without a compelling reason, without the consent of the custodial adult and without the custodial adult's knowledge as to the child's whereabouts.
B. Encouraging Delinquency: Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, every person who shall knowingly or wilfully cause, aid, abet or encourage a minor to be, to remain, or to become a delinquent child or a runaway child, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
C. Penalty: Upon conviction for violation of this section, the punishment shall be a fine in an amount set by the Board of Commissioners as provided in the fines and fees schedule in appendix A, division III of this Code. (Ord. 862, 6-11-2001; amd. 2013 Code)