Articles Tagged with DUI with kids

August 18, 2018

What Happens to Parents Who Drive DUI with Their Kids in the Car?

Here in California, a single DUI can disrupt your life significantly. Even if you’ve been arrested for your first DUI, it can cost you fines, jail time and license suspension if you are convicted.

However, if you were arrested for DUI with children in the car, your world is about to get a whole lot more complicated. If you drive under the influence, you are considered a threat to public safety, let alone yourself. But if your kids are in the car when you do it, now you’re looking at possible child endangerment—a whole other issue that can add mandatory jail time and more to your sentence.

The repercussions of driving DUI with kids in the car extend well beyond the arrest itself. Let’s look at the numerous possible consequences of doing so.

September 22, 2014

DUI Arrest for Woman with 7 Children in Car: Irresponsible Mom of the Year?

by Michael Kraut

Driving DUI in Los Angeles is a dangerous and scary act, always. It puts everyone on the road at considerable risk. When you get behind the wheel after drinking, you assume responsibility for what happens to other drivers, as well as to your passengers. In light of that, consider the case of an Ohio woman recently arrested for driving DUI with seven young children in her SUV.

That’s right: SEVEN children.

Not exactly an ideal situation.