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N.J. parents ordered to pay college for estranged daughter, 21
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/14/nj-parents-ordered-to-pay-college-for-estranged-da/ ^ | Friday, November 14, 2014 | By Cheryl K. Chumley

Posted on 11/14/2014 7:46:37 AM PST by redreno

Two New Jersey parents were just ordered by a court to pay for their adult daughter’s college tuition — despite the fact that she’s 21 years old and she’s refused to speak to them since moving in with her grandmother. Caitlyn Ricci, 21, moved out of her parents’ home in February 2013 — though the court documents filed by Ms. Ricci’s grandmother said the parents, Michael Ricci and Maura McGarvey, who are divorced, actually gave the boot to their daughter, the New York Daily News reported.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: brat; college; education; spoiled
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1 posted on 11/14/2014 7:46:37 AM PST by redreno
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To: redreno

She’s old enough to vote, but still a child demanding support... Hmmmm.


2 posted on 11/14/2014 7:48:54 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

Obviously the parents lost this one. So, in their shoes, I’d come up with 26K to pay for the remaining 2 or so years and provide her a copy of my will which has her excluded to get anything except the paper lining the bird cage if I had one.


3 posted on 11/14/2014 7:52:03 AM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: lepton

Good person to choose for pajama girl in her grandmother’s basement Democrat ad.


4 posted on 11/14/2014 7:55:51 AM PST by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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To: lepton

Gotta be a liberal.


5 posted on 11/14/2014 7:57:06 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good Communists, are terrible human beings.)
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To: redreno

Unless there is a contract of some sort the court had no jurisdiction on this. Appeal.


6 posted on 11/14/2014 7:57:56 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: redreno

Most parents sacrifice lovingly for their children.


7 posted on 11/14/2014 7:59:13 AM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: Slyfox

But without government coercion.
This ruling is just wrong.


8 posted on 11/14/2014 8:01:44 AM PST by Lorianne (fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
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To: redreno

At what age, exactly, are the parents free from giving this ingrate daughter money? 40? 50?


9 posted on 11/14/2014 8:02:55 AM PST by mom.mom
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To: Mouton
She is demanding $26k/yr for out of state tuition. Local NJ state college is $5.5k/yr. I'd pay for that, either that or move to another FREE state and tell the NJ commies to go pound sand.....judgement or not. Appeal, sell home, move away, disinherit daughter. Allow her to visit on Thanksgiving/Christmas only, and attend her wedding and birth of children. No gifts.

Any child that sues her parents gets NOTHING. Love and affection, yes, money no.

10 posted on 11/14/2014 8:05:33 AM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: mom.mom

In Germany the law is adult children can force their parents to pay for stuff like this up till age 30.

Obamacare was Step One in that direction.


11 posted on 11/14/2014 8:11:09 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: redreno

The Big Education coffers must be filled.


12 posted on 11/14/2014 8:33:39 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: redreno

GUILTY shyster.

13 posted on 11/14/2014 8:53:19 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: redreno

Some of the judges sitting on the courts today are mind-numbingly ignorant.


14 posted on 11/14/2014 8:57:39 AM PST by DoughtyOne (The mid-term elections were perfect for him. Now Obama can really lead from behind.)
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To: redreno

Ah, I can explain:

These parents are divorced. Here in NJ, after a divorce, the parents are required to pay for their children’s college education for four years.

So, this ruling is very common here. The only thing unusual about this case is that the daughter herself filed the lawsuit. (Usually one parent is bringing the other parent to court over it.)

However, NJ law doesn’t say the child gets to choose any college she wants. (At least, that’s not my understanding of it.) An in-state college would be less expensive.

Are these parents very wealthy? Maybe that was taken into account in the case.


15 posted on 11/14/2014 9:00:53 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

Nobody has a right to expect their parents to pay for college.


16 posted on 11/14/2014 9:03:58 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: redreno

That’s ok, they will get it back when the parents sue the daughter for their old age care and expenses.


17 posted on 11/14/2014 9:05:01 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: GeronL

AGREED. I paid my own way. Once you’re 18, you’re an adult.

I’m just explaining the law here. (I didn’t write the law.) This is not unusual at all here, except that the child herself filed the lawsuit.


18 posted on 11/14/2014 9:06:14 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: taxcontrol

She will counter by volunteering their names to a death panel for useless old eaters.


19 posted on 11/14/2014 9:07:20 AM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Tired of Taxes

The “child” is an adult


20 posted on 11/14/2014 9:08:38 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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