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Hi all,
If this has been mentioned before I apologise.
My 18 year old son is taking me to court for either a lump son or periodic payments under the Children’s Act, 1989. He is a student at university, lives at the fmh which is mortgage and rent free (I own 25% but can’t claim it until my youngest is 22, which will be 2024) he gets a full student loan, has approximately £6k in savings.
I have paid maintenance in full for himself and his brother, which has obviously decreased since he turned 18.
He refuses to mediate, and is estranged from me through his choice.
We have been to court for a first directions hearing and again he refused to negotiate.
Does anyone know the law on this, or heard of a similar case (other than the super wealthy!!).
Thank you for reading.
Hi
It's not something I've come across I'm afraid.
Have you spoken to a lawyer? It's quite an unusual situation.
sounds like he should be spending more time studying lol
heres somes similar but happened in the states:
Interesting reading, but looks like they can’t make sense of it either!!
Yoda, it doesn’t seem that anyone has. We’ve just got in touch with a solicitor, but because it’s such an anomaly it’s difficult to get any real firm answers. That and there isn’t any case law for this kind of action.
If it hasn’t been brought up on here before, then I’m guessing I’ll just have to see.
Thanks for your reply.
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