Runaway mom who sued adult children for support ... NOT entitled to money: judge

National Post ^ | February 1, 2013

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A B.C. Supreme Court justice says three adults who were left to fend for themselves as teenagers decades ago do not have to pay support to their estranged mother.

Justice Bruce Butler ruled in a decision posted online Thursday that while Shirley Marie Anderson is financially dependent, her children, Donna Dobko, 53, Keith Anderson, 51, and Kenneth Anderson, 48, do not have the money to support her.

And even if they did, Butler said he’d make no such order favouring the 74-year-old mother.

“The childhood experiences of Donna and Kenneth and the lengthy estrangement which resulted from the claimant’s failure to parent the children in any meaningful way are sufficient to relieve the court from considering any moral claim by the claimant to a lifestyle similar to that of her children,” wrote Butler.

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Butler not only dismissed the case, he ordered the mother to pay the court costs of her children.

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[Venturer]

Whe the old lady dies they can hold her funeral in a phone booth.

If they can find one

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Just when you think you have seen every outrageous case out there, this comes along. I am very cynical, but even I cannot believe this “mother” brought this claim for support from her kids after abandoning them. Its clear she’s just a person looking for any way to live off of someone else, no matter how outrageous the request is. After abusing her kids when they were young, she finds a way to abuse them when they are older. This obnoxious old hag is a drain on society and the sooner she dies, the better.

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"the claimant’s failure to parent the children in any meaningful way are sufficient to relieve the court from considering any moral claim by the claimant to a lifestyle similar to that of her children,” wrote Butler"

Why would a court of law ever be addressing a "moral claim" in any event? Courts deal with legal claims.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Canada apparently has a law that obligates kids to take care of their parents. Its a lesson in “be careful what you wish for.” A law like that sounds like it could be supported by family values conservatives but then you end up with cases like this.

[Squawk 8888]

He also said the claim had no basis in law.

[Rebelbase]

When my kids want to be particularly vicious they threaten to move their mother, my ex-wife into whatever waiting-to-die home I end up in.

[aimhigh]

In other news, the DNC said she sounded like the perfect voter and offered to bring the woman to the USA. /sarc/

[Bigg Red]

He also said the claim had no basis in law.

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I skimmed the comments at the source page. Some posters indicated that there was such a law, but it has since been revoked.

[Dartman]

That is cruel.