I'M MAD AS HELL

[KINGEDWARDIII]

And I'm not sure if I can take it anymore!!

[KINGEDWARDIII]

My 19 year old daughter is taking me to court. She's taking me to court to force me to pay for her college. I was helping her pay her way through up until last month. She decided to move in with her boyfreind to save money. I told her I couldn't help her if she was going to move in with her boyfreind. She told me over the phone that I was a phsyco for even making a big deal about it. She called me a physco. She asked me for money. She said she has no money and is asking a judge to force me to pay her tuition. I'm divorced from her mother. Her mother said she would suggest to her daughter that she take out a restraining order against me until I resume helping her financially. A restraining order so that I can't call or contact her in anyway. I don't know what a court will do. I can't beleive people can think this way. Especially someone that's my own daughter. I told her that if she insists on living with her boyfriend I would make a change to her health insurance, yes I still pay the premiums. My daughter lives several hundred miles away from me, and I'm going to go to a less expensive plan so that if she wants to go to the doctor she has to come to the city I live in. I was paying a higher premium so that she could go to the doctor in the town she goes to school in. I suppose I could just drop her all together, but then I wouldn't be able to claim her as a dependent on my taxes. When I talk to her it's as if I'm nothing more than an inconvienance to getting her cash. I'm like a john to her. It's sickening.

[Coop]

Agriculture would seem to be an appropriate forum for this manure.

[dansangel]

Take a deep breath and get a good lawyer.

If you are legally bound, by divorce decree, to continue to support your daughter, you don't have much of a choice.

If you play the ransom game (witholding support and insurance) that the ex-wife and daughter are drawing you into, it will only get worse for you.

[KINGEDWARDIII]

Are you an attorney?

[dansangel]

No, just a student of the school of hard knocks.

[Coop]

[KINGEDWARDIII]

OK, I'll tell the judge my new lawyer went to the School of Hard Knocks and he advised me to take a deep breath.

[beckysueb]

I don't think you are legally bound to support a child over 18.

[dansangel]

The advice was meant sincerely. And, from a woman's point of view, which I can now see you wouldn't appreciate anyway.

Too bad you're itching for a fight. Bye.

[dansangel]

He is if the divorce decree states that - as long as the child is in school and up to the age of 23.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Unless you are legally bound to provide support, I'd say you're best rid of all these people. Family or not.

[bonfire]

Pay her tuition.

[Sloth]

Phsyco?

[Judith Anne]

Are you an attorney?

Oh, was this thread only supposed to get replies from attorneys? Maybe put that in the title next time.

Apparently, you don't want to pay tuition, health insurance, OR legal fees.

[dansangel]

:-)

[KINGEDWARDIII]

You are wrong and your ignorance of the matter shows. Before you give someone advice you should check the facts. The age of 23 obligation would depend on what state the divorce occured. No, in my state you are only obigated until 18. I was helping out of the kindness of my heart and the fact that she's my daughter.

[dansangel]

You have zero kindness in your heart.

The next time you post a self-indulgent vanity, state the facts up front instead of trolling for answers that you can rant at.

[cbkaty]

Been there..done that....Not fair? No one guaranteed fairness...right?

Lawyers....Grin...... Just make certain to get your own lawyer to properly handle your will.... (your final Grin)

[bonfire]

Kindness of your heart?????

Wow, Father of the Year award!