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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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To: GeronL
Yes, she's an adult.

The word "child" also is used for a son or daughter of any age.

That's why I wrote: except that the child herself filed the lawsuit.

21 posted on 11/14/2014 9:13:50 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

I know, but it still drives me crazy a little bit. Not a long trip I know...


22 posted on 11/14/2014 9:18:35 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: redreno

This is ridiculous. Even if she was living at home and was on good terms with them, they shouldn’t be obligated to pay for her college. Plenty of parents have not paid for their children’s college for a variety of reasons...can’t afford it, they want the children to learn to work their way through, whatever. Are all those parents evil and wrong?


23 posted on 11/14/2014 9:22:01 AM PST by Nea Wood
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To: redreno

Must be real fun at the Ricci household during Thanksgiving.


24 posted on 11/14/2014 9:33:56 AM PST by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: redreno

Nobody is “owed” college!


25 posted on 11/14/2014 9:42:54 AM PST by G Larry (Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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To: G Larry

Nobody is “owed” college!

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Yet....


26 posted on 11/14/2014 9:54:50 AM PST by Bigg Red (Too many productive Americans are POWs in the War on Poverty.)
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To: Tired of Taxes

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

There's actually some logic to that, IMHO. Divorce can have a negative impact on a child's educational accomplishments, and fewer kids of divorce go to college. Since the parents apparently imposed one barrier through the divorce, they're required to lower another barrier.

Whether that's the actual claimed logic behind the law, I have no idea, but I would guess there's some argument explaining why divorced parents have a legal obligation to put their kid through college while parents who haven't divorced don't, and that's the obvious one.

27 posted on 11/14/2014 10:39:41 AM PST by Amity
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To: fishtank

Guys, stay away from this one.


28 posted on 11/14/2014 10:50:56 AM PST by stubernx98 (cranky, but reasonable)
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To: stubernx98

Just to settle the case, I offer to home school her.

But them I once dated a woman who chain-sawed her bed in half after she found out her husband cheated.

Yes, I sleep with one eye open.


29 posted on 11/14/2014 10:55:37 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Amity

On the one hand, I can understand that argument.

OTOH, many parents cannot afford to pay their children’s college tuition even when they stay married. After a divorce, those parents are really financially broke then, and often they’re still raising younger children, too.

Then again, one friend (a divorced father) told me that college tuition qualifies for a tax credit. He said he got it all back with his tax refund.


30 posted on 11/14/2014 11:32:31 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: GeronL

Yeah...I am very conused here. Since when must a parent pay for college? Did I miss something? Part of Obamacare?


31 posted on 11/14/2014 12:06:08 PM PST by Phillyred
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To: G Larry
Nobody is “owed” college!

Except for illegal here in CA.

32 posted on 11/14/2014 7:16:47 PM PST by celmak
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To: Phillyred

Laws mandating parents pay for children’s college are evil and were passed to benefit colleges.Colleges pushed up the cost of attending enough to soak up all “aid” and still put a heavy burden on most parents.Nor should college be required across the board but have some actual justification and relevance to one’s work.


33 posted on 11/14/2014 7:29:29 PM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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