NJ teen loses first legal battle to make parents pay for education

[avebury]

92. I am curious about the girl's grades.

Since she obviously has not had to work during high school and has been able to focus on school I would hope that she could achieve grades that would help her to get some scholarships to help defray the cost of college.

People here can note the Dad's comment about his daughter picking a high end college and sending them the bill but let's remember one thing - the parents have THREE kids to get through college. That right there is a big financial commitment. We don't know the ages of the other 2 children. We also don't know if the younger 2 children are in private school. I have a friend who has her children in private school not be cause they are wealthy but because they want to get their kids the best grade school education they can. One child does not have the right to drain the family resources at the expense of the younger minor children who have just as much right to a decent education.

Her friend's father is an attorney who has inserted himself into what is a family matter. We don't know what impact his meddling has in making the situation worse. I have not heard of any effort to use family counseling to work things out. Instead the daughter went straight to court. Anybody that thinks that the parents will sit back and let her drag their names through the mud as unfit parents are crazy. None of her complaints seem to come even close to making the parents look cruel and draconian in their parenting techniques.

If this girl manages to win, in the long run, this case will have nasty reverberations throughout NJ for families with children. The judge seems to be well aware of that fact. He will think long an hard on any rulings he hands out.