Teen sues parents

[Mel]

She got brat slapped. Good.

[Prunepicker]

She got brat slapped. Good.

And rightly so. The judge just created a reasonable precedent. Kudos.

[kelroy55]

And rightly so. The judge just created a reasonable precedent. Kudos.

Wouldn't it have been a precedent if the judge ruled the other way?

[Midtowner]

That judge doesn't creat precedent.

[Garin]

College is a privilege, not a right. If you work hard through school with good grades and get to graduation, you have the privilege of going to college. For the student who slacked off, barely passed and made it to graduation, that student does not have the privilege of going to college because that student is not prepared. Allowing that unprepared student to go to college without proof of merit would be a right, of which we all know it is not.

If she is such a great student, there are plenty of scholarships for her to apply for, be it for her sport, her grades, her hobby, or even her gender.

This is a perfect example of a privileged child who doesn't understand the difference between financially gracious parents and the value of a post secondary education. What she really wants is to skip a few steps in life that not everyone has the privilege to have.

Ungrateful.

It's in the Constitution right next to where is says healthcare is a right .....DUH!

[Dennis Heaton]

Good Lord! Who does she think she is? She's not an Obama, Clinton or Kennedy! The Judge ought to order her to do 2 years with VISTA!

[ctchandler]

Garin,
I got it this time, you have to type (talk) slow for us old folks.
C. T.

It's in the Constitution right next to where is says healthcare is a right .....DUH!

[Prunepicker]

Probably a lot of the parenting that goes on today.

Which is completely reasonable [the post replying to pq]

[Prunepicker]

It's in the Constitution right next to where is says healthcare is a right...DUH!

LOL! Some people have no idea, or clue, as to what the Constitution says.
Reading it one time, should take 20 to 30 minutes, would clear up many of the
misconceptions, i.e. anything the left tends to say it says.

[Dennis Heaton]

Transcript of the Constitution of the United States - Official Text

[LocoAko]

Rachel Canning, 'spoiled' N.J. teen, goes home to parents - NY Daily News

[Midtowner]

Lots of internet lawyers on this thread.

I doubt any of you researched the law on this or knows a single thing about NJ child support law. Further, you're making a lot of assumptions which none of you knows is true or not. Was Canning subject to abuse in her parents' home? You don't know that. That the boyfriend's father was willing to pay for an attorney tells me there must be something to this story. Simply concluding that she is "bratty" or "spoiled," I think is making assumptions based on zero personal knowledge of the facts.

In Oklahoma, for example, the parents' child support obligation does not automatically end at 18. It can go as far as 21 and arguably even past that (there may be a case on point saying otherwise, but I don't know of it and since I'm not getting paid for this, I'm not going to look for it). As late as 21 is possible if the child is enrolled and regularly attending a full time high school program until graduation from that program.

Under Oklahoma law, I don't think a situation where direct support payments being paid to the child are ever going to be possible. If the child is able to manage her own affairs, she might be a candidate for emancipation (and no child support comes with that), but not to receive the money herself.

Getting creative, under Oklahoma Law, I could have her placed into a voluntary guardianship, show that abuse was happening in the hone and if she's still in high school and regularly attending, a court very well might order support and even private school tuition.

College though? That's probably wishful thinking. This 'news story' does a lot of editorializing, and frankly goes over the line. This is a situation none of us should have been privy to. It's kind of creepy that anyone would want to call this news in the first place, let alone pick a side and root for them.

[traxx]

That the boyfriend's father was willing to pay for an attorney tells me there must be something to this story.

It could tell us that there's more to the story than has been made public. Or it could tell us that the lawyer father is a douche and thinks this case can make him and attorney Tanya Helfand famous. It's not unheard of. The thing is, you're jumping to conclusions while accusing everyone else of doing the same.

[kelroy55]

I know that whenever my kids were mad because I didn't give them more money I just said so sue me....

[TaoMaas]

Frankly, I think this girl needs a butt-whippin'...but this case made me question..."if we have set a monetary amount on the level of support for a child, what degree of control should that child have over those funds if they are of legal age?"

[Midtowner]

Frankly, I think this girl needs a butt-whippin'...but this case made me question..."if we have set a monetary amount on the level of support for a child, what degree of control should that child have over those funds if they are of legal age?"

Either someone else is caring for them and receiving the money or they're emancipated. I can't think of too many reasons other than being disabled for a student to continue regularly attending HS until they are 21.