Umm...what did I just read?
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Forget emancipation, I would disown that child. Ungrateful little brat.
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Wow this will be interesting and scary to watch. Can you imagine what will happen if she wins. This kind of precedent will not be good for anyone.
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@awkward-gamer Agreed. I can't imagine how those parents feel. Moreover, I would like to know what in the world that "friend's father" is thinking and what is going on between him and the girl in question.
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@Minion-Queen Agreed. Just...wow.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Wow this will be interesting and scary to watch. Can you imagine what will happen if she wins. This kind of precedent will not be good for anyone.
This is the worse part of it. Now a child can determine if they are of legal adult age? On a positive note, if she wins, she'd have to listen to her parents rules and I see no reason why they couldn't require her to move back home and not pay for college, etc. But at what point could they kick her out as an adult and not be found in a situation of neglect?
I hope the judge simply tosses this on the basis that the state declares you an adult and responsible for yourself at age 18 (FYI, 19 is the age of majority in Nebraska and a few other states).
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As someone who was an emancipated minor in NYS, I longer was able to receive a dime for anything from my parents. If you are old enough to make the decision to leave home then well you are on your own.
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@Minion-Queen Overall I agree. The only reason there should be an exception to that is in cases where blatant neglect or abuse is evident. So if that was in the case in her situation, what she's doing MAY be understandable. But throwing the equivalent of a legal-based temper tantrum shows how far my generation has fallen and continues to fall.
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I saw that the other day. It's scary. I learned when I was a kid that my parents were responsible for me up until I was 18. After that, it was me. No one could force them to take care of me or provide for me or assist me in any way. Legally forcing parents to provide for their adult children is something that can add more crybaby litigation to an already overburdened legal system.
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I'm not aware of any precedence justifying forcing parents to pay for a child's college education. That's ridiculous. My parents took out parent loans to help each of their kids go to college, and we are all grateful, because they sure didn't HAVE to, they wanted to do so. If that was my kid, I wouldn't want to help her pay for college either. I hope that this is just thrown out of court, as it should be, and I also hope that this action follows that girl around her entire life, because being that frivolously and maliciously litigious should have lifelong consequences, like no company ever wanting to hire you.
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@Dominica Agreed. She wants everything while giving nothing. Her parents were not exactly using her for slave labor. They were being good parents and helping her learn life skills to provide her the ability to care for herself one day. The worst part of this whole thing is that her friend's father is funding it. Why do I feel like there is a sugar daddy situation going on there?
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@ajstringham It could be something that nefarious, or the friend's dad could just want this girl out of his house, but doesn't want to kick her out for whatever reason.
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@Dominica Also a possibility. It'll be interesting to see if further developments are posted.
