Having just given my final torts exam last night, this story caught my eye. In Madrid, a 25-year-old Spanish man from Andalusia sued his parents after they stopped giving him allowance money and demanded the resumption of $588 a month.
The judge was not moved. The court noted the man was making slow progress to his degree, which would not be secured for years. He ordered the man to move out of his parent’s home within 30 days and get a job.
The parents testified that the son was verbally and physically abusive to them. By the way, they are not deep pockets or trust fund parents. The mother works at restaurant and the father is a garbage collector.
What is interesting, however, is that the court ordered the parents to pay the man $292 monthly food stipend for 2 years and to take over his car payments. In Spain, children often live with their parents into the 30s. Yet, I am surprised to see a court finding a legal obligation to pay such costs.
There remains one last option for the young man. As my sainted father told me, the fact is that you can marry into more money in five minutes than you can make in a lifetime — particularly what this man could make in a lifetime.
Now for my legal limerick of the day:
There once was a man from Spain
Who became to his parents a pain.
So they cut off his money,
which he did not find funny
So now he’s looking for a Dame.
Source: CNN
Jim,
Apparently, the government should based upon your statements…its ok…where did the fema money come from….come on tell us….
Stamford Liberal
Don’t you think the government should be giving him his allowance?
Lottakatz, i was thinking the same thing.
Rafflaw, the only problem with the parents living long enough to become ‘a burden’ is that this particular son doesn’t seem to be of such a character as to repay his parents kindness.
As regards the guy’s car payments … his parents probably co-signed for the loan and if left in the hands of this no-account, they would probably find their credit rating in the basement and the car repossessed … best to handle the car payments themselves … who knows, maybe the bank will mail them the Title once the loan is payed off and they can sell it out from under him.
When my sons try to read the blog threads over my shoulder tonight, I will make damn sure that this one stays far out of eyeshot. Afterall, I have spent years explaining to them that they will need to start paying me a monthly allowence the moment that they are each gainfully employed ;).
Prof. Turley….Your poetry got a giggle all the way from Canada!
rafflaw,
“What an ungrateful son. If I were the parents I would make sure that live an extra long time to make sure they become a burden to their son.”
Great minds think alike – I would do the same thing to my kid – stick around way past my expiration date just to bug the crap out of her 😀
Get a job you stinkin’ bum.
mr. ed:
Just an aside that I love everything about your pithy commentary … the nom de plume, the lower case lettering, and especially the slight irreverence replete with every word. I have just the mildest suggestion that you adopt the following icon to give full effect to the persona we all have come to admire.
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126/1071208.jpg
What an ungrateful son. If I were the parents I would make sure that live an extra long time to make sure they become a burden to their son.
mr. ed:
Wisdom for the ages there, ed.
“As my sainted father told me, the fact is that you can marry into more money in five minutes than you can make in the lifetime”
Holy crap. This is my mantra. What is not included is the followup: “and then spend a lifetime buying it back” as my father did.
I want the class action case for the Turley kids when and if this occurs. I am working pro bono (for the good), of course.
In the immortal partial word of Professor Hubert T. Farnsworth, “Wha???”
You know when I read the headline, I thought this was a silly case about a cheeky law student suing for his $5/week from childhood. It’s not nearly as funny a story as that.
There was a …..
Never mind….Little Lord Fauntleroy wanna be….