[Beave Meister]

another spoiled brat and another attorney trying to turn someone into a victim. I wonder if her attorney is Gloria Allred? Sounds like a case right up Gloria's alley.

[fungoking]

Sounds like she is 18 years behind in spanking; the judge should order the parents to catch her up.

[GenXteacher]

In a sane world, this case would have been immediately tossed out of court, and the lawyer who brought it jailed for contempt.

[erkelly]

I am going to disagree with the general consensus here. First of all, why would parents who claims to love their child want to see their child a drop-out under any circumstance? What truly loving parent would want to ruin his child's life like that? Secondly, since the daughter is in adult, treat her like one. The only rules there should be for her that normal people would be require of an adult living in their home. Otherwise, respect her privacy and her independence. She has the right to make her own decisions. Lastly, I am quite certain that young woman does have a very very very good legal case; I was told many years ago in a child support hearing, that parents are legally required to provide support for their children until they graduate from high school, even if they turn 18 while in school. Whether or not they would be required to pay for a private school is another question, but they certainly do have to provide for their daughter's support until she graduates, and they could go to jail if they do not. And if they have made their home so miserable for her that she can't live there, then yes, they should indeed pay for her to live elsewhere. Denying her the right to her high school diploma and wrecking her life under any circumstances is abusive and unforgivable in my book. Incidentally, depending on the state of course, the young woman, because she is still in high school, is likely eligible for foster care — the cost of which, again, the state will go after the parents for. By the way, I am not a kid, I'm a grandmother.

[VerySadAmerican]

A kid sues me and she’ll NEVER be back in my house. I’d forgive her. But I wouldn’t give her the chance to disrespect me again.

[VerySadAmerican]

I looked at her picture. She’s 18. I’d consider paying her tuition.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“I’m Eighteen,” Alice Cooper

Lines form on my face and hands
Lines form from the ups and downs
Well, I’m in the middle without any plans
I’m a boy and I’m a man

I’m eighteen
And I don’t know what I want
I’m eighteen
I just don’t know what I want
I’m eighteen
I gotta get away
Well, I gotta get out of this place
I’ll go runnin’ in outer space, yeah

Well, I got a baby’s brain and an old man’s heart
Took eighteen years to get this far
Don’t always know what I’m talkin’ about
Feels like I’m livin’ in the middle of doubt

I’m eighteen
I get confused every day
I’m eighteen
I just don’t know what to say
I’m eighteen
I gotta get away
Well, I gotta get out of this place
I’ll go runnin’ in outer space, yeah

Yeah, lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form from the ups and down
I’m in the middle without any plans
I’m a boy and I’m a man

I’m eighteen and I like it
Yes, I like it
Oh, I like it
Love it
Like it
Love it
Eighteen
Eighteen
I’m eighteen and I like it

[KosmicKitty]

ONe of my boys, when he was a teenager about 16-1/2 started the “I can’t wait till I’m old enough to move out here” line. He turned 18 in January of his senior year in high School.

A few weeks after that he states the he “can’t wait till he can afford to move out here.” So I told him to pack and bags and leave right now. His jaw hit the floor. “But I haven’t graduated yet!!” So I said “you’re 18, an adult, I don’t have to take care of you anymore. Obviously you’re not happy living here so, please, feel free to leave. I’ll even help you pack.”

Never heard another peep put of him. When he graduated, he started paying rent. Kept it up until he moved out for good when he was 23.

[Chickensoup]

I think there was a man in Italy who sued his parents for continued support and he won.