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NJ Teen Sues Parents for Financial Support
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 621823" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>First part is almost always true here. Legal drinking age is 18 and quite small percentage of kids that age are absolutists. Second part then again isn't true here. We are only financially responsible for damages our kids cause, if it is considered our fault. So if we don't look after our 4-year-old and they steal our car and cause an accident, yeah, parents are held responsible. If fourteen year old does the same, not, because it is not considered necessary to normally watch 14-year-old every moment.</p><p></p><p>And also expected support is reasonable. Our over 20 year old university and college students get housing- and living stipends worth around 700-800 dollars a month (and very cheap housing and meals in Uni cafe so they can actually live with that, if they work during summers.) Under 20-year-olds get that or less depending if they live home (much less) and depending parental income (if over certain limit, about half of that.) Parents can be court ordered to pay the difference, if they don't do so voluntarily. And as I said, I certainly don't have an issue with that law. My kids, my responsibility to make good tax payers out of them. Or well, try at least. And if they are at school when they are 18 to 20, chances of that are much higher than if they are not.</p><p></p><p>Then again, an idea of alimony seems totally strange and backwards to me. Why on earth should someone continue to support an adult (and usually not young adult or in school)individual after they have divorced? Why don't those grown-a**ed individuals work and support themselves like rest of the world? I do know that if someone in our parliament would suggest something so odd, the feminist groups at least would rip them apart. To us it seems so backwards and implies that women are not capable citizens that it really is difficult to understand something like that can still be true to this day in Western world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 621823, member: 14557"] First part is almost always true here. Legal drinking age is 18 and quite small percentage of kids that age are absolutists. Second part then again isn't true here. We are only financially responsible for damages our kids cause, if it is considered our fault. So if we don't look after our 4-year-old and they steal our car and cause an accident, yeah, parents are held responsible. If fourteen year old does the same, not, because it is not considered necessary to normally watch 14-year-old every moment. And also expected support is reasonable. Our over 20 year old university and college students get housing- and living stipends worth around 700-800 dollars a month (and very cheap housing and meals in Uni cafe so they can actually live with that, if they work during summers.) Under 20-year-olds get that or less depending if they live home (much less) and depending parental income (if over certain limit, about half of that.) Parents can be court ordered to pay the difference, if they don't do so voluntarily. And as I said, I certainly don't have an issue with that law. My kids, my responsibility to make good tax payers out of them. Or well, try at least. And if they are at school when they are 18 to 20, chances of that are much higher than if they are not. Then again, an idea of alimony seems totally strange and backwards to me. Why on earth should someone continue to support an adult (and usually not young adult or in school)individual after they have divorced? Why don't those grown-a**ed individuals work and support themselves like rest of the world? I do know that if someone in our parliament would suggest something so odd, the feminist groups at least would rip them apart. To us it seems so backwards and implies that women are not capable citizens that it really is difficult to understand something like that can still be true to this day in Western world. [/QUOTE]
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