parental responsibility

Dave Stones · 28-03-2004, 20:43

just wondering if anyone knows how far responsibility for someone who is 18 and in full time education goes... if anywhere...

i am not really sure where to go on the internet, google turns up a long list of legal documents which i cant understand

just trying to help a friend if anyone is being nosey

oh, and feel free to move this if its in the wrong place

Indians · 28-03-2004, 20:46

What sort of 'area' of responsibility are we talking ? financial ? what ?

MovedGoalPosts · 28-03-2004, 20:47

If you are talking financially, there's still a lot of responsibility. Parents used to get means tested for student grants, and I suspect still do (if there is such a thing as a grant these days)

Dave Stones · 28-03-2004, 20:51

financial and so forth... basically my friend has been "asked" to leave home, find rented accomodation and all that..

obv. i dont want to post too much detail on it in case their parents find out and come take my thumbs away *paranoid*

28-03-2004, 20:53

yeah if its financial. Parents are still responsible till about 24 or something, unless they can prove they have not been living with them for a couple of years. hope this helps Dave. If it is to do with uni, your student union will have some booklets to do with financial info

Dave Stones · 28-03-2004, 20:54

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Originally Posted by col d

yeah if its financial. Parents are still responsible till about 24 or something, unless they can prove they have not been living with them for a couple of years. In terms of legal responsibility i dont think they have that much. hope this helps Dave. If it is to do with uni, your student union will have some booklets to do with financial info

nah its not me, im 19 and have my parents by the short and curlys

. Oh, and im at uni too, in no way can the 3 hours or so a week i turn up be considered full-time

i have read somewhere about some obscure financial laws and all that, but im not a lawyer im an engineer so its all scribbledegook for me :pp

Indians · 28-03-2004, 20:58

I'm not an expert by any means, but I would guess he/she are on their own.
Once you are of 'legal' age your parents have no obligation to look after you, I know circumstances can be hard, but unless he/she has 'crossed the line' several times, parents throwing their own out on the street is awfull.

28-03-2004, 20:59

Parent have to get means tested till their kids are 24, unless they can prove they have no contact with them. But i dont think there is any legal responsibility to pay for them or house them.

MovedGoalPosts · 28-03-2004, 21:10

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Originally Posted by col d

Parent have to get means tested till their kids are 24, unless they can prove they have no contact with them. But i dont think there is any legal responsibility to pay for them or house them.

Which is where there can be issues. Parents get means tested and told to contribute. They don't so the student has a shortfall in the funding he / she is assessed to need.

Ok so parents could reasonably say their kid is an adult at 18 and should be able to pay their own way. Some might say the choice of getting further education or earning a living is the kid's choice, why should the parent still HAVE to pay out (it should be a choice?). If the child doesn't get on well with parents and has left home then there needs to be even less legal dependance.

On the other hand, we then go through many of the arguments raised by the recent special needs eductation thread, of why the tax payer should have to support the student.

There's no easy answers to this. Basically if you need the money as a student, but can't lay your hands on it, your going to finish your studies up to your eyeballs in debt. Life sucks.