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Teen Sues Parents for Cash, College Tuition. Does She Have a Case?
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| 3/3/2014
| Beth Greenfield
Posted on 03/03/2014 2:33:45 PM PST by Beave Meister
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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.
To: Beave Meister
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:34:19 PM PST
by
Tulane
To: Beave Meister
In a word. No. Parental obligation stops when the child becomes an adult.
To: Tulane
Depends on the State. I had a friend who expected that his child support would end when the children turned 18. Not so, said the State of PA. Since both parents were college educated, he was required to pay for a college education for his 3 kids.
To: Beave Meister
hey, rachel
go pound sand
and then grow up
idiot
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:38:39 PM PST
by
QualityMan
(Don't Tread on Me)
To: Tulane
Yes, this attorney is Tanya Helfand, who is not taking calls right now. Gloria will be searching the countryside for some fo these poor teens who can’t have their way.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:38:54 PM PST
by
Beave Meister
(Die Hard Cubs Fan.....if it takes forever.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Yes...but the child support could have been part of an divorce agreement/contract...
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:41:19 PM PST
by
Tulane
To: Beave Meister
The parents should counter sue for the cost of raising her from birth to age 18.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:42:17 PM PST
by
mrmeyer
(You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. – Robert Heinlein)
To: Beave Meister
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.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:42:28 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Tulane
No. That was his beef. He was blind-sided by this (after divorce) decree from the State of PA. He expected his involvement to end at 18 and was resentful since he thought that his family left him — not the other way around. It’s been over 25 years, and the rift has never healed, sad to say.
To: taxcontrol
That is not true. Heck parents now have to carry their adults on medical until just turning 27. Plus some states require parents to pay for college.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:44:04 PM PST
by
napscoordinator
( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
To: taxcontrol
In New Jersey, if you are paying child support and the kid turns 18, you have to file for “emancipation”. Which will cost you another $3000 for it to finally end.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:46:34 PM PST
by
Capt_Hank
(btu's...kcal's...to kJ's, but my activation energy is still high.)
To: Beave Meister
“He and his wife, Elizabeth, who live in suburban Lincoln Park, about 25 miles outside of New York City, have kept their daughters car because they paid for it,”
Sell the car.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:46:39 PM PST
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
To: taxcontrol
Agree
at 18 she is an adult and is legally entitled to nothing from her parents. Good luck to her.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:48:05 PM PST
by
longfellowsmuse
(last of the living nomads)
To: afraidfortherepublic
I had a friend who expected that his child support would end when the children turned 18.
And I also had a friend whose daughter joined the Navy immediately out of high school and had to pay support for her for over a year until the judge authorized a stop in payments..........with no reimbursement.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:49:55 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Was Occam's razor made by Gillette?)
To: Tulane; afraidfortherepublic
I agree. The only way they could force a parent to pay for or contribute to college costs would be something in the divorce settlement contract.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:51:26 PM PST
by
NEMDF
To: afraidfortherepublic
So you are saying that PA has a law that requires people to pay for college for their kids?
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:52:10 PM PST
by
NEMDF
To: Beave Meister
While her parents may not have raised her to be a spoiled brat, she sure has decided on her own to become one. At least the parents tried to set house rules. Teenagers can be very hateful to their parents for no reason than they're teenagers. Such a horrible age. Hope this immature 18 year old adult gets stuck with both her attorneys’ fees, her parents’ attorney fees and the court costs. Please, please let the judge have some common sense and slap her hard, very hard, for pulling this stunt. And slap that attorney friend hard for wasting the court's time and patience. Too bad the attorney friend she's living with can't be forced to foot her college tuition and expenses for the next four years for encouraging her bad behavior.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:52:42 PM PST
by
bgill
To: Beave Meister
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.
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:52:46 PM PST
by
jacquej
("It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.")
To: napscoordinator
What states require the parents to pay for college? Do you have examples?
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posted on
03/03/2014 2:53:31 PM PST
by
NEMDF
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