If I could can I sue my parents?
Here is the story: I am 15 I have a job delivering papers and I also have a debit card. Couple months ago my mom needed gas money but didn't have the money so she came to me and yelled at me for my pin number finally I gave in and told her my pin. Thinking my dad might help he didn't but started asking me for money for bills, gas, food, etc. I told him and my mom to stop taking money from me but they keep saying they pay me back on payday but when payday comes I only get $50
I keep telling them where is the rest? they keep saying you have to wait intill next payday for the rest. but in between then and payday they take that money and put it to bills or gas. now they owe me more than $300. Now I can't take it no more can I sue (Or any other way) them for my money back and make it so they can't take again?
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You know what I would do? Quit my job. If you are that sick of it, and if you have no job, you can't "help" them out can you? As the other person already said, its their job to take care of you, not the other way around. Maybe it would be up to one of them to get a second job.
The only reason why I say this is because of the way they asked you. If I was a working teenager and my mom came up to me and said, "Hey honey, I could use a couple of bucks to get some gas in the car, could you help out with that?" I would say, "Of course, Mom!" and I wouldn't even EXPECT her to pay me back.
Since your mother FORCED you into giving her money, you have every right to be upset. You actually have control in this situation. It is YOUR money and you have every right to do what you want with it. Even if your parents forced you into saving some of your money for yourself down the road I could understand.
Quit your job and concentrate on school. After you get out of high school, go to college and get a good education and a high paying job so YOU can afford gas and bill money and don't have to steal money off of your children! DO NOT LET ANYONE FORCE YOU INTO DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL SO YOU CAN WORK TO TAKE CARE OF THEM!!
First thing you should do is go to the bank and change your PIN.
YOUR PARENTS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF YOU ALL YOUR LIFE! THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME RIGHT NOW! AS LONG AS THEY GIVE YOU SOME BACK YOU WILL BE OKAY! DONT PUT IT ALL ON YOUR DEBIT CARD AND TELL THEM YOU WASTED IT OR SOMETHING BUT YOU REALLY SHOULDNT COMPLAIN ABOUT HELPING YOUR PARENTS!
First of all, you should honor and respect your parents, not thinking about suing them. These are terrible thoughts, and I am sure your parents will get you the money you need for the debit card they probably bought you. Just remind them that you need the money. Thanks, hope you like my answer!
not sure if you can. but if you can, do you think they would have the money?
just stop giving them money.
I feel sorry for you. Nobody deserves parents so bad.
Go close your account.
I wish you could sue. Perhaps it would be better to tell the authorities about how your parents are abusing you and let them help you.
Dude! i totally feel your pain
i wouldn't sue unless its the last thing to to
you could get a lawyer or a higher authority to tell your parents to stop, and pay you back, or else you'd sue.
Because if you sue, you'd win, your parents have no defense.
If they yelled at you, and forced the PIN number out of you, you can defiantly win.
Because they have to legally shelter you, and offer the basic living expenses (food, water, shelter, heat). If they gave birth to you, or legally adopted you or offered to let you live with them legally
your mom deserves to be slapped but any way im sure you can sue but its not the brightest idea i think you should tell them your not getting any more of my money until you give me what you owe me
I do not know what you can do legally, but I would report your card stolen. I know there are laws to protect minors money from there parents, but I do not know what it is. Another option is cash your check somewhere that is not the bank, like a check cashing place and hide the cash. Or you can get a P.O. box, and then open another bank account using the P.O. box as your address, then do not tell them about it.
Technically you could sue them, but if would take a lot of time, and more then $300.
Change your pin.
Keep in mind that they have paid for you for 15 years and will for at least another 3, and it sounds like now they need a little help to keep afloat. Try to be understanding.
I don't think you can report it stolen if they entered the pin number.
My sis stole my card a few months ago and racked up a couple hundred aswell, so I know how you feel.
I agree with the above poster: change your pin number. Sounds like your parents are browbeating you, which is a form of coercion. If you were an adult, I'd say sue 'em, but being their minor child, I don't know how that might work. However, I will say that what they're doing MIGHT be considered child abuse, in some form. Probably best to speak with a counselor or someone you trust at school, and maybe you can find a legal aid group in your area that can offer you some advice.
Good luck. You're gonna need it!
P.S. As to the idea that you should be grateful that your parents give you a roof over your head and food and all of that, while YES that's true on the surface, there is also the fact that YOU didn't ask to be born to them; you had no control over their decision to have you, and as your parents IT'S THEIR JOB to take care of you, and they have NO RIGHT to try to employ guilt in order to get money out of you, as long as you're still a minor. They don't deserve credit or gold stars or money for being your parents. Their job is to protect you and provide for you at this time in your life. It's NOT your job to provide for them, at least not until you're much older, and they're in real need.
So, I say they're abusing the gift of parenthood before I'd ever say you're being disrespectful for having a problem with the current situation.
The last resort, depending upon your state of residence, would be to petition the court for status as an emancipated minor. Essentially, that means that you are given legal rights of an adult, including the right to live on your own without any form of restraint from your parents. Essentially, the court declares you a free adult even though you are still under 18. Then, you can move out immediately, and never look back, if you wish. That way, there's no possible way your parents can coerce you again. Unless, of course, you let them.
I doubt you can sucessfully sue, as they have been providing you with room and board for free for years without complaint.
My mom used to take a third of my income from my salary at McDonalds to use for rent, food, and the like.
If I were you, I'd change my pin, and use this as a lesson to never give out my pin again (even to parents). If they ask, just tell them that you forgot your pin or something.
You might try giving them a certain amount of your salary each month to help out with gas, bills, etc. This might keep them from taking any more of your money, and might go a long ways towards showing them that you are willing to be responsible and help out with family finances.
Cancel that debit card and change the PIN. or at least change the PIN. Do not allow the bank to send it to your home, unless you are the one that brings in the mail every day.
Then sit down with the parents and talk over a reasonable amount to pay them each month. This gets you in the habit of being responsible for your own bills and will help prepare you for life on your own.
If your parents insist on most of it, or keep helping themselves, quit your job. Give two weeks notice.
If you do come to an agreement about how much to give them each month, then do not let them have the PIN again. If Mom starts screaming to you, then just try to respectfully reminder her that you are already giving them money.
Ask her how she would feel if you went into her wallet and helped yourself? Or How she would feel if her mother came over and did that.
Other than that, I really do not know how to advise you. If the advice you get here doesn't work, talk to a school counselor.
I don't know if you can sue here in the the states or not, most likely there is a lawyer some where that will try. In Sweden or Switzerland, I forget which one, parents can be prosecuted for taking their kids money. However speaking as a parent that has had financial ups and downs over the years... try to think about your parents situation. House payment or rent, car payment, insurance, food, electric, medical and the list goes on and on. Do they do the best they can for you? Do they love you and let you know by what they have gotten you over the years and most importantly how they have treated you. Financially they they may be at a point where their stress is boiling over and just plain scared. Help as you can and give them time somehow some way I would bet that when they can they will make it right. Prom, winter formal, sports etc. trust me, parents get scared to you just don't know it sometimes.
I am sure you can but it can ruin your life.
Concentrate on school.
You can sue anybody,
even if they are your parents as per the law of the US,
but then to sue you need a lawyer and lawyers cost money and would like to have a share of the boothy.
Its not worth it.
You should sue Multi National Corporations
they can affort to settle in millions,
for Hot coffee spills, Slippery floor and stuff like that but your
parents have not money, they themselves are struggling to
survive in this wonderful world where lot of people spend
more money on Pets than contributing for worthy causes.
Change your PIN, but you also have a right to contribute
towards the maintenance of your family, ofcourse you are
underage under the US laws but millions of children worldwide earn for the family, who cannot go to school or there is no school in their village.
Set a target with your mom that you will
pay certain amount of money towards
the household expenses
and see how good you will feel and your parents too will be proud of you.
You are doing a good job,
keep it up and keep away from
bad habits and street kids.
You could be the next Bill Gates.
And above you don't have to go to church to pray.
Just think of God and thank him for all that you have from
your heart and believe me
he will grant you all that you wish
but slowly but steadly in life.
Pls respect your parents,. they love you.
Cancel your debit card. Your 15, what do you need one for??
Open up your own savings account, with only your name on it. Deposit all your checks into there. But if your parents names' need to be on it, forget it!!
If worse comes to worse, quit your job. Get a job again, when your 18, and then you can legally take action. ( i don't condone laziness, i'm just saying ..)
You didn’t state where you live, but if you live in the US (and without knowing what state)...
No, you can’t sue your parents. In fact, you can’t sue anybody, because you’re a minor. And **generally speaking**, the parents of an unemancipated minor have the legal right to that minor's earnings. Yes, they do. Rather you agree with it or not, that is the law (the basis of it being that the parents are providing the minor with shelter, utilities, food, and many other things right down to the toilet paper they wipe their rear with). And this is not a case of minor who earns millions and their parents blow it all.
I’m *assuming* that your parents are on the bank account, because I don’t know any bank that will open an account for a minor without a parent being on the account (because minors cannot be held legally responsible for any loss that the bank might incur). So, if your parents are on the account, then the card hasn’t been stolen, they have the right to have the card. And if you change the pin, they can go right behind you and change it again. And the bank is not going to get involved in all this drama. They will follow the wishes of the parents.
So, I really don’t know what to tell you other than to try to work it out with your parents.
And let me just add this--I was working at 15 too and my parents didn’t have to ask me for money. I knew they were struggling financially (because there were 7 kids in my family), so I gave them a portion of my paycheck every week (again, because they were providing me with the basic necessities of life). And I sure could have used that money to save for college since I had to pay for college completely on my own.
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