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NJ Teen Sues Parents for Financial Support
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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 621832" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Since she is 18 and not living at home, her parents would not be responsible for any damages her actions now could cause unless, for example, she was driving their car.</p><p></p><p>As for the college funds, I think that might depend on how they are held. If it's a 529, the owners can easily change it to any other child from her. An UGMA might be different.</p><p></p><p>As I learned from my father, children have no right to a college education paid for by parents. The only exception that I am aware of is if an agreement is incorporated in a divorce decree. Here, however, the parents are not divorced. When I first had children, my belief was that I had no obligation to help my kids pay for college. Nobody helped either or I and we both made it through law school. As my children got older (and we did better financially), I decided that I would help them if I could and if they showed they deserved it.</p><p></p><p>This girl is a brat and deserves nothing. I watched the news story with my babyboy, who is almost 15, and his comment was to the effect of - what a rotten kid, I'm glad she's not my sister!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 621832, member: 3493"] Since she is 18 and not living at home, her parents would not be responsible for any damages her actions now could cause unless, for example, she was driving their car. As for the college funds, I think that might depend on how they are held. If it's a 529, the owners can easily change it to any other child from her. An UGMA might be different. As I learned from my father, children have no right to a college education paid for by parents. The only exception that I am aware of is if an agreement is incorporated in a divorce decree. Here, however, the parents are not divorced. When I first had children, my belief was that I had no obligation to help my kids pay for college. Nobody helped either or I and we both made it through law school. As my children got older (and we did better financially), I decided that I would help them if I could and if they showed they deserved it. This girl is a brat and deserves nothing. I watched the news story with my babyboy, who is almost 15, and his comment was to the effect of - what a rotten kid, I'm glad she's not my sister! [/QUOTE]
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