Can a child sue a parent if they had promised to pay for college education and later renegs on that promise?
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You cannot sue over a verbal agreement, even within a family.
However, if there was a specific amount of money set aside in a trust fund or a college fund, and the parent borrowed from this and did not pay it back, then the college-going person might have legal grounds to sue.
I'd like to know more about those "random reasons". I think your girlfriend and her parent(s) need to sit down and talk about her expectations to go to college, versus their financial state. Your gf may not get 100% of her college paid for, but there are many ways to go to college -- grants, loans, work-study, etc. She needs to talk to her college financial aid officer, AFTER she talks to her parent(s) and gets a clearer picture of what they can or cannot afford.
Don't worry -- college is within your reach. But I do think you need more answers from both her parents and from a college financial aid officer, then you'll be able to make better decisions.
Cheers, K
No, tell her to get a job and pay her own way.
OMG. What has the freakin world come to when you sue your own family for money? NO YOU CANNOT SUE under the circumstances you gave. And besides, your question is really a mess.
no but that would be awsome-
tell your gf to try and go for a merit scholorship
GOOD LUCK!
only if its written. if it isn't then no.and yea...damn...lol
well depends may be she did something to to her parents and thats y they dont want to give her n e thing, if she is spoiled then she shoudl pay for her own colleger after all they do offer financial aid and scholarships and i tell u because i work my butt of to pay for my school and do not depent on no one for that... and no do not sue
I would beat that kid silly if it was mine
NO.. my parents told me they would buy me a car at 16.. but they didn't do that either..
Get a job.. apply for financial aid.. apply for scholarships.. earn your education on your own.. you'll appreciate it more..
People sue for stupid reasons all the time. Stupid is as stupid does
Suing your parents?! Low classy My mother jerked my around plenty but to sue her? Please - it kills her that I did it on my own. heheh
She sounds like a spoiled brat If she is serious about getting a college education, do what the rest of us did - Apply for loans. or get a job.
I worked through college just like many of us did.
Same exact thing's happened to me, except he won't pay my way through highschool OR college even though it's in the divorce agreement. I have no clue what to do, though. Good luck.
No. My Dad promised me to do a lot of things, but money was a horrible issue due to a strike where he worked.
Any kid who sues their parents is a jerk.
of course not-go to work-pay your own education-itll mean more to you
yeah right! What are the random reasons?If the father said he would pay and has the money to pay then there must be some(RANDOM) reasons.Probably your friend screwed up,did something that made her father not trust her or something.I don,t think a father would do that for no reason...If she did a BIG screw uo No they would laugh at her
She can sue as long as he admits or you have a third party who witnessed the verbal agreement. Otherwise you have no case.
I am not an attorney and I do not play one on TV.BUT I would doubt your Girlfriend has any case at all. The law is pretty clear that a parents obligations end at the age of 18. The only things she is entitled to from her parents if she is in college are health care covereage to age 24 (they can drop that to) and the privledge of reporting her parents income on her financial aid forms and thereby not be able to receive certain forms of aid.
Unfortunately I would doubt any sane lawyer would take on this case. She can appeal to the University's Financial Aid department if she needs funds and they can re-evaluate her situation. The good thing here is Universities have flexibility in your financial aid. This is not a process that is solely reliant on computers to decide. The information from the FAFSA creates a profile and a bunch of numbers that the financial aid department put into a computer and it decides on the aid your QUALIFY for. It tells them if you can get the free money (grants) or if you have to go into huge amounts of debt that you can never pay back through loans. Beyond that, the financial aid office is able to use judgement and can evaluate a student on an individual basis. No financial aid department will DENY this opporutnity but they will not come looking for you either.
No, she can't.
I'm sure that would do wonders for their relationship.
A lot of people have had to abandon big college dreams for a job and a local community college. It sure makes the education mean more when you pay for it yourself.
The only other thing that remotely comes to mind is I remember when my sister-in-law got divorced her ex was forced to pay for college. I believe under the law there is an assumption if one or both of the parents went to college that the child would get the same education, so he was forced to pay a portion of it. I have no idea if it's like that everywhere or if that would even apply. But if there were a divorced situation, the mother would have to take action against the father.
NO!!! I wonder what made her father change his mind.What did your friend do wrong or said to her parents. EMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
damn, some people in this world have no heart. well unfortunately, there was no written agreement, so i don't think that she can do anything about it. she can apply for financial aid that might help some. but other than that i dont think that she can sue them. sorry :-(
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