Someone convicted of the offense of parent contributing to nonattendance does not have to pay the $20 for the Child Safety Fund.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Only for first offense
• D. It depends on age of offender

Answer: (B)

The key point here is that certain offenses include a mandatory fee to support child safety efforts. For the offense of parent contributing to nonattendance, there is a required $20 Child Safety Fund fee that must be paid as part of the sentence. Since this fee is a standard part of the court costs for this offense, the statement that you don’t have to pay is not correct. It isn’t tied to whether it’s your first offense or to the offender’s age in this context, and the other options would imply exceptions that aren’t applicable here. So the language in the statement is false because the $20 fee is indeed required.