Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Nebraska

Drinking at home

If a person is under the age of twenty-one but has their parents permission to consume an alcoholic beverage in their own home under their parent's supervision; is it legal for that person to consume that beverage in their own house?


Asked on 8/13/03, 7:10 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Regina Mullen Legal Data Services, PLC

Re: Drinking at home

Yes. Minors are allowed to have a small amount of alcohol under adult supervision, but that doesn't extend to allowing drinking in general. Christmas or Thanksgiving or Seder or whatever is not going to make a judge throw the book, buying your kid a 6-pack or letting him drink as a matter of course will. The parent is looking at abuse and neglect issues.

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Answered on 8/13/03, 7:56 pm


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