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Instead, 41-year-old has to pay his parents' legal fees of $74K
A 41-year-old man has failed in a legal bid to force his wealthy parents to continue financially supporting him.
A qualified solicitor with mental health disabilities, the man said his parents "nurtured his dependency" on them but reduced support as his relationship with them deteriorated.
His lawyers said the judge had powers to order parents to provide support based on laws relating to marriage and children.
The fact that this even went in front of a judge is ABSURD. He expected the court to rule that his (certainly elderly if hes 40) parents support him in his 40s is crazy.
I'm not sure how I feel. They've supported him for 40 years, including paying his housing, related costs as well as day to day living. You can't just expect him to find a job with no skills or job history. So now, he's going to be living with no money so he will most likely go on welfare. With them being wealthy, they surely can afford to step his lifestyle down, let's say give him one year to establish a job and be financially independent. Find him a studio apartment he'll be able to afford on his own.
I don't see how he's going to pay his parents attorney bill with no money. You can't get blood from a stone.
He's got a degree in modern history..a masters degree in taxation, and is a qualified solicitor...time he payed his own way and quit leeching off his elderly parents.
Glad the judge ruled like he did!
You can't just expect him to find a job with no skills or job history.
I don't see how he's going to pay his parents attorney bill with no money. You can't get blood from a stone.
He can use his degrees and get a job like everyone else has to. What's the use of even getting a degree (his parents probably paid for those too)if he's not gonna use them.
I'd say his parents have already been over generous..
He's got a degree in modern history..a masters degree in taxation, and is a qualified solicitor...time he payed his own way and quit leeching off his elderly parents.
Glad the judge ruled like he did!
Thanks, I missed that. I reread it. He hasn't worked since 2011.
As I said, I don't know how I really feel except there's no way someone will just hire him with a good job that he can support himself. As I said, he'll go on welfare probably. It's gonna be sink or swim for him.
I have an accountant friend that was similar due to caring for his mother. It took him a year to just get hired with a temp agency, then another year before he actually got hired on with a company. This is a guy that used to work for Disney. He has an awesome resume just hadn't worked in 10 years. Thankfully he had money from the sale of his mothers house.
I just saw this, they reduced what they're giving him so I'm good with that.
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But the judge said: "The relationship between the applicant and his parents, in particular, it would appear, his father, has deteriorated and the financial support they are prepared to offer has significantly reduced."
I'm not sure how I feel. They've supported him for 40 years, including paying his housing, related costs as well as day to day living. You can't just expect him to find a job with no skills or job history. So now, he's going to be living with no money so he will most likely go on welfare. With them being wealthy, they surely can afford to step his lifestyle down, let's say give him one year to establish a job and be financially independent. Find him a studio apartment he'll be able to afford on his own.
I don't see how he's going to pay his parents attorney bill with no money. You can't get blood from a stone.
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Originally Posted by Roselvr
Thanks, I missed that. I reread it. He hasn't worked since 2011.
As I said, I don't know how I really feel except there's no way someone will just hire him with a good job that he can support himself. As I said, he'll go on welfare probably. It's gonna be sink or swim for him.
I have an accountant friend that was similar due to caring for his mother. It took him a year to just get hired with a temp agency, then another year before he actually got hired on with a company. This is a guy that used to work for Disney. He has an awesome resume just hadn't worked in 10 years. Thankfully he had money from the sale of his mothers house.
I just saw this, they reduced what they're giving him so I'm good with that.
Yeah it seems as though they got tired of being his cash cow. So they have been reducing it and hes been getting mad which made things worse. Now a judge has ruled they dont have to do anything and they probably wont since he made such a fuss. Plus, he definitely can work he just doesnt
Instead, 41-year-old has to pay his parents' legal fees of $74K
A 41-year-old man has failed in a legal bid to force his wealthy parents to continue financially supporting him.
A qualified solicitor with mental health disabilities, the man said his parents "nurtured his dependency" on them but reduced support as his relationship with them deteriorated.
His lawyers said the judge had powers to order parents to provide support based on laws relating to marriage and children.
Would like to have known more about the mental disabilities. The question being is he capable of taking care of himself or has this shifted the bill to the taxpayers? The thought of an adult suing his parents for essentially "child support" is so absurd that makes me wonder if this was really him suing them or merely a legal fiction in order to get a court ruling that relieves that can be used to justify welfare payments.?
I too wonder what his mental health disability is.
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