# R.O. Teen sues parents for ...aw fuck it **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2014, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810 "2014-03-04T05:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/21 "2014-03-04T14:28:59Z")
There’s definitely something [fishy](http://l.yimg.com/ao/news/2014/mar/4/rachel_canning_sues_parents_seal.jpg) about the boyfriend. And he oughtta shave those whiskers. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/22 "2014-03-04T14:31:53Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Someone will eventually come in here and babble about how in some countries parents are responsible for their cunt turds happiness & upkeep until they can count to potato. > > No more relevant in the USA as what happens on the 3rd moon of Fargon 6. > But kudos to John Inglesino for cumming up with an ingenious way of getting an 18 year old chick to blow him indefinitely. Probably cheaper than lobster and Coloradoan pot! Quite the insular rant, however, rather than charging off into the hinterland, you might want to have a look at the law in the state in question, where child support does continue for adult children of divorced or separated parents when there is a dependency (such as the adult child going to college and not having the funds sufficient to do so). The question then is should child support for a dependant adult child in college only be permitted if the parents are separated, or should it apply even if they are not separated. Given the valid interest of the state in ensuring that dependent adult children are supported (which is the case given the very firm child support laws in that state for the dependant children of separated couples), then should the children of couples who have not separated be discriminated against, or should this loophole be closed? ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/23 "2014-03-04T14:50:53Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/24 "2014-03-04T15:01:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > No, but there’s whisky. {in Ireland} –context inserted No, it’s whiskey. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/25 "2014-03-04T15:10:43Z")
> [@DragonAsh](#): > > I don’t think you get to be a graduating honors student all by her lonesome. Her parents helped her get there. Unless you count the fact that she was genetically-predisposed toward intelligence and wouldn’t have been without their DNA, there’s a chance her parents didn’t help her graduate with honors \*or \*get into college. Some people are more driven than others. Some people are paradoxically driven harder to succeed the more their parents try to stop them. Without knowing these people personally, you just don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/26 "2014-03-04T15:11:53Z")
> [@DragonAsh](#): > > From the article: > > Basically this. She leeched on to a ‘best friend’ who’s dad happened to be a lawyer; the fact that she’s cute and ohbytheway 18 I’m sure hasn’t hurt a bit. > > _shrug_ - she’s a graduating honors student. I don’t care how smart or independent she thinks she is, I don’t think you get to be a graduating honors student all by her lonesome. Her parents helped her get there. > > Sometimes children need their parents to give them a kick in the ass after becoming a legal adult to understand the difference between childhood and adulthood. > > And yes, it does indeed sound like the parents didn’t approve of the boyfriend. Shock, horror :rolleyes: > > If she’s living under her parent’s roof, she abides by their rules, I don’t care how ‘over-reacting’ or ‘puritanical’ she thinks they’re being. News flash:\* every teenager in the history of the universe \*has at one point or another been 100% convinced they have the Worst Parents Ever that should be Jailed for Abusive Parenting, for crimes such as ‘refusing to give me $300 to buy new designer shoes’ or ‘refusing to let me spend the weekend alone with my boyfriend at his empty summer cabin’ etc etc. > > If she wants to play the ‘I’m a grown woman I can do what I want’ card, then they can turn around and say, ‘you’re absolutely right’. Sounds like they did just that. I hope the judge legally smacks the daughter and the jerk lawyer for wasting everybody’s time. Agreed, to an extent: they really have to pay the school fees. Come on, that’s non-negotiable. They signed up for them, they pay them. Paying for your kid’s living expenses in their last year or school is also not asking much unless they are actually asking for ridiculous sums. Maybe they are, expecting to have to bargain down. Also, don’t you get tax deductions for paying into a college fund for your kids? Does that change if you decide to keep the money for yourself? Genuine question. I actually do feel for the parents in this case too. Shame it wasn’t sorted out before it got to court. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/27 "2014-03-04T15:18:34Z")
I looked up the rules on 529 college savings, there are tax implications if the money isn’t spent for education, however the child is not “entitled” to the money, unless there were other legal restrictions on the money before it was placed in the 529. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/28 "2014-03-04T15:20:00Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > –context inserted > > No, it’s whiskey. Huh. So it is. I thought that was a uniquely American affectation. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/29 "2014-03-04T15:21:30Z")
> [@DragonAsh](#): > > _shrug_ - she’s a graduating honors student. I don’t care how smart or independent she thinks she is, I don’t think you get to be a graduating honors student all by her lonesome. Her parents helped her get there. While I think the suing daughter probably is a spoiled brat, I have to feverently disagree with your assertation that parents are necessary influences for becoming a graduating honors student. Many, many people graduate with honors in spite of their parents, not because of them. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/30 "2014-03-04T16:06:52Z")
And the award for “Least Surprising Post of the Year” goes to… ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/31 "2014-03-04T17:17:17Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > But kudos to John Inglesino for cumming up with an ingenious way of getting an 18 year old chick to blow him indefinitely. Well, that post made it all worthwhile. Thanks! 🙂 My mother kicked me out when I was 17. Probably because I was an insufferable prick and addict. I had no idea I could take her to court. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/32 "2014-03-04T17:20:01Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > But kudos to John Inglesino for cumming up with an ingenious way of getting an 18 year old chick to blow him indefinitely. Probably cheaper than lobster and Coloradoan pot! She’s got a purdy mouth. > [@SciFiSam](#): > > Perhaps this is part of a step for her to claim herself as an emancipated minor. Why would she need to do that? At 18 she’s an adult, not a minor. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/33 "2014-03-04T17:28:13Z")
> [@kimballkid](#): > > why would she need to do that? At 18 she’s an adult, not a minor. fafsa. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/34 "2014-03-04T17:29:09Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > While I think the suing daughter probably is a spoiled brat, I have to feverently disagree with your assertation that parents are necessary influences for becoming a graduating honors student. Many, many people graduate with honors in spite of their parents, not because of them. Agree that may people graduate and go on to do very well in school in spite of, not because of, their parents…but many many \*more \*do in fact do well in school because of their parents. We know this because household income, parents’ education level, parental involvement in their children’s education, etc are all widely acknowledged to be very accurate when it comes to predicting a child’s educational success, test scores etc. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/35 "2014-03-04T17:30:54Z")
On the other hand, I wouldn’t be 18 again if I could do it rich and good-looking. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/36 "2014-03-04T17:33:03Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > fafsa. Yeah, I guess there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/37 "2014-03-04T17:33:55Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > On the other hand, I wouldn’t be 18 again if I could do it rich and good-looking. Yeah, I don’t need to do go through that twice. Much better being rich and good-looking as a 28yr old… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/38 "2014-03-04T17:41:02Z")
On the other hand, I wonder if the parents of [this bratty teenager](http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/03/teens_facebook_post_costs_dad_his_80000_settlement_with_former_employer.html) will sue her for costing them an $80,000 legal settlement because of an indiscreet Facebook post: _"“Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver,” Snay wrote to her 1,200 Facebook friends. “Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT.”_ Gulliver (Preparatory School) had agreed to the confidential settlement in an age discrimination case, but after the Facebook post argued that the settlement terms had been breached. An appeals court agreed. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/39 "2014-03-04T17:56:29Z")
I guess that was a case of Snay say. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810/40 "2014-03-04T18:24:36Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > There’s definitely something [fishy](http://l.yimg.com/ao/news/2014/mar/4/rachel_canning_sues_parents_seal.jpg) about the boyfriend. And he oughtta shave those whiskers. Some boyfriends are Navy Seals. He’s just a seal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-o-teen-sues-parents-for-aw-fuck-it/682810.md?page=3)