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

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   (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.

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

                    
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