No.
In a word. No. Parental obligation stops when the child becomes an adult.
hey, rachel
go pound sand
and then grow up
idiot
The parents should counter sue for the cost of raising her from birth to age 18.
No. She has no case. She is an adult who refuses to live by their rules. No kid can expect their parents to fund their college against their wishes.
“He and his wife, Elizabeth, who live in suburban Lincoln Park, about 25 miles outside of New York City, have kept their daughter’s car because they paid for it,”
Sell the car.
Absolutely not!
If an adolescent refuses to abide by reasonable house rules, and refuses to live at home, then parents are not obligated to provide support.
Sounds to me like “emancipation” is in order. This young lady needs to face the reality of life, and if her parents stick with it, she will learn some valuable lessons.
She will just sponge off of some sucker guy that will think he hit the jackpot.
Little Miss Sunshine can’t have it both ways. She can’t stomp her feet and declare her adulthood when it comes to curfew, bad boyfriends etc.. and then turn around and say, “Mommy and Daddy pay for my college”. You want to be an adult.. then be an adult. That means paying for everything!
How times have changed. When I was a young adult who no longer wanted to live at home, I worked hard in high school so that I could earn a scholarship. Then when I did, I worked a job to pay for my room and board as I studied in college. I didn’t have a car. I walked or took the bus. I had no phone, but kept a quarter in my pocket at all times. I didn’t expect anyone to give me anything that I couldn’t first earn in some fashion. I also took a loan out for the part of my tuition that wasn’t covered by my scholarship, and when I finished college, it took me ten years to pay every penny back. I never asked for, nor received, a penny from my parents, because I chose to go to college which I knew they couldn’t afford. It was not their responsibility, but it was my dream to get a degree. I was the first in my family to do so, and a couple of siblings followed suit after me, even though I was one of the youngest in our family.
This young lady can cry me a river. What I did wasn’t easy, but it was one of the most worthwhile things I’ve ever done. It set me up to work hard for what I believed in. If she doesn’t want to live by their rules...fine, but she is an adult. Her choices have consequences that she alone is responsible for.
If she isn’t ready, then she should admit this, and move back in, following their rules until she is ready to be on her own.
theOne granted these adults enhanced childhood by requiring their adult parents’ medical insurance policies to cover them as if they were still dependents.
Unbelievable -- surely the judge will see what's going on here.
The court should tell her new sugar daddy to pay for it all and eat his court costs.
Back when I worked in a high-end learning center, moms got the ex to pay for tutoring. It was part of the sales pitch by the aggressive manager....you can make your ex pay!
Suing a parent for education goes way too far. The parents obligation is to care for that child and support him/her getting through a public HS education.
Here’s a solution. If you are dependent upon the parents for financial support, regardless of age, you are denied adult rights. No voting, no medical procedures without adult consent, no marriage, not allowed to have kids, can’t sit on a jury, can’t sign up for a credit card. If you cannot live on your own and demand that they take care of you, you cannot then exercise the rights of an adult in any other arena.
She is an adult, and they should not have to pay her living expenses or college tuition. But since she is still in high school, they may have to pay for the balance of her high school tuition.
The family is what it is, probably issues on both sides.
I blame this idiot lawyer for misusing the legal system.
Better watch what she wishes for. If legal precedence is set her own kids just may bite her with the same thing.
From then on, she's on her own. Go play hardball somewhere else and take your lawyer bills with you.
Come back with a different attitude and maybe we'll reconsider.