Teen sues her parents for refusing to pay her university fees...

[Ophbalance]

I was bit by the parents income deal and it sucks. I got married in may of '99 at age 21 and was able to start back to school in June of that year as I could now get land and grants.

[cleorose]

BTW she isn't asking for a measly amount for support either. She is asking for $650 a week JUST In her weekly allowance. That is in addition to living expenses and tuition and transportation expenses.

She was also quoted as saying to her parents that the day she turned 18, she was an adult and could do whatever she wanted. She moved out on Oct 30, two days before she turned 18.

Guess she realized TGIFridays don't pay the bills very well.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

$650 a WEEK?!?! That's more than I make!

[Severen13]

Like the world really needs another snotty, spoiled, mean girl, entitled princess who thinks she's owed everything on a silver platter just because she exists.

[BearLeeBadenaugh]

Also, the high school tuition she's asking for is to a fairly high-to-do Catholic private school, something around $5k a quarter, from other things I've read.

Methinks it might be time for her to enroll at the public high school. Perhaps the one her Ne'er-do-well boyfriend attends?

[MoonCat]

Does indeed sound like a spoiled brat.

Wonder how she got that way?

[Titi]

Does indeed sound like a spoiled brat.

Wonder how she got that way?

I am starting to think that it is the best friend and her parents. They were the ones who took her in and then encouraged her to file this lawsuit (to get a fat paycheck for their fees for consulting her over $12,000). Her attorney tried to say that parents were so abusive that the best friend's parents feared for her life if she went back.

[mjr]

$650 a WEEK?!?! That's more than I make!

$650/week * 52 weeks = $33,800...before taxes.

[cleorose]

Now we all know if she is too lazy to support herself. She has no plans to pay taxes.

[mathnerd]

I'd like to get $650/mo in child support. For three kids. *sigh*

[taxguykarl]

Can we rename our EW of the Year award in her "honor"? There hasn't been too much more about Sharon Jasper in the past couple of year.

[Kagato]

Don't you mean dishonor? After all, we should not be rewarding someone for their disgraceful behavior...

[KatherineB]

Can someone explain to me why the judge who first heard the case said that the parents must "keep status quo on all college savings accounts set up for her"? Is that in some way suggesting that the money is hers rather than theirs?

And why is that more important than finishing paying off her school fees? Is there some law about this in the US that I don't understand?

(I honestly don't think my questions are fratching as I am genuinely bewildered by this, but if they are, please let me know/delete the post.)

[Moirae]

What I don't get is why this case wasn't thrown out of court. She's legally an adult. That means the parents aren't responsible for anything anymore. Frankly, this is called "tough love" and its obvious that they needed to do it. She reported them to child services once before and they declared her "spoiled" and blew off the case. Even her sisters aren't supporting her.

[cleorose]

In many states, when you open a 529 account or any account with the intention of paying for college for any one of your children, its considered a contract enforceable by law.

Therefore because they told her the fund was for her college, she is entitled to it.

That's where the rub lies. They can not just take the money at this point. If it was put into a regular savings at the start and told her it was for this and that. Then yeah she wouldn't get it but because they specifically told her it was for college, they are pretty much screwed.