Does a person have a right to sue if....?
A stepmother doesn't let her stepson or stepdaughter know that their father had a heart attack and was in the hospital for awhile and then died within a week or two?? Would it be negligence on her part?
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YES!!
TRY!!!
THAT PERSON HAD THE RIGHT TO SEE THEIR FATHER.
I don't think you could sure in this case. They may be guilty of bad parenting, or being a bad human, but I don't see any grounds for a lawsuit.
yeah probably, but she could always come back with "emotional distress" which might make things more complicated.
Sorry, it's not negligence, it's just bad parenting. Or maybe it's good parenting, perhaps trying to protect her kids from the bad news. Either way, legally, there's no case against her. It's just withheld information you would like, not anything illegal. However, if you feel the need to, you could try for "emotional distress" on your part. That could actually hold up in court, if the situation is exactly how you put it up.
Sue for what?? Money? Does money bring back the dead now? What would suing get them? It won't bring their father back.. I think it is atrocious that the stepmother did not inform them of their father's illness and that she either purposely or not denied them the opportunity to have as many moments as possible with their dad, but suing is not going to resolve the matter...If they want to sue to make her feel bad, it is probably a futile attempt..Plenty of people have paid fines and not felt sorry for committing a crime..
Suing is only a means to congest an already over-extended legal system in order to take something that is not theirs.
I truly don't think you could sue----what would be the charge?? Did the son and daughter have a GOOD relationship with their father? Had they spoken to him OFTEN prior to his heart attack? Were they a part of their father's live at ALL??? Either way, it was up to the stepmother to contact the guys children---the children had a RIGHT to be there IF THEIR FATHER WANTED THEM THERE.. if the father told his wife DO NOT CALL MY CHILDREN, then she couldn't by wishes of her HUSBAND...After he died though, the woman SHOULD definitely have contacted his kids. but then again too---if her husband said-----I don't want my kids knowing I've died and do NOT want them at the funeral---then the step mother did NOTHING wrong by not telling the children---.everything depends on the relationship the children HAD with their father at the time. .
there is no law that i know of, that says the step mother has to tell the children that dad is in the hospital
No, you have no standing to sue your stepmother. She had no legal duty to inform anyone of her husband's health status (though she certainly had a moral duty). Without a legal duty to perform in a certain way, she cannot be negligent in that duty. Terrible, hurtful behavior, yes. Grounds for a lawsuit, no. Good luck -
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