357.242 PARENTS OF JUVENILES.
In any proceeding where a parent or guardian attends the proceeding with a minor witness
and the parent or guardian is not a witness, one parent or guardian shall be compensated in those
cases where witness compensation is mandatory under section
357.22,
357.24, or
357.241, and
may be compensated at the discretion of the judge when the minor is a witness on behalf of a
defendant in a criminal case or on behalf of a juvenile in a juvenile court proceeding. The court
shall award no more than a combined total of $60 to the parent or guardian and the minor witness.
History: 1983 c 13 s 4; 1983 c 216 art 2 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 7