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A couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law for $650,000 for
not giving them a grandchild
By: Asharah Date: May 13, 2022, 9:57 am
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HTML https://www.insider.com/parents-sue-son-daughter-in-law-for-not-producing-grandchild-2022-5
How insane is this?
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Re: A couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law for $650,000
for not giving them a grandchild
By: Rose Red Date: May 13, 2022, 10:14 am
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I read that and thought "can they do that even in their
country?" Goes to show they don't really care about their
children or family.
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Re: A couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law for $650,000
for not giving them a grandchild
By: Aleko Date: May 13, 2022, 10:52 am
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I suppose that if they had actually said openly when they
stumped up for the wedding "we're paying this on the clear
understanding you're going to do your best to give us at least
one grandchild, OK?' they would have a case in any country to
sue for their money back. But I really don't think a charge of
'mental cruelty' will cut it. Of course, the whole thing might
be an exercise in public shaming, intended to put pressure on
their son rather than to win the case.
On a more light-hearted note, an Indian lawyer is suing his
parents for bringing him into the world without his consent:
HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-61424869.
Apparently
he's on excellent terms with his parents, who are also both
lawyers; they're quite cool with this and are happy to contest
his suit (his mother says she'll just ask him to explain by what
means she could have obtained it, and if he can answer she will
accept fault).
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Re: A couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law for $650,000
for not giving them a grandchild
By: TootsNYC Date: May 13, 2022, 2:03 pm
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here's the link to the guy suing his parents.
HTML https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47154287
That almost sounds like someone trying to make a point about
when personhood begins, by proving that he wasn't one.
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Re: A couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law for $650,000
for not giving them a grandchild
By: oogyda Date: May 13, 2022, 2:28 pm
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Forgive my cynicism.
Parents threaten lawsuit. Son and DIL get an umbrella insurance
policy. Parents wait whatever amount of time for the full
policy to kick in, file lawsuit. If they win (because the
lawyer for DS and DIL gets x amount of $$$ and doesn't try too
hard). Insurance pays.
No harm, no foul because they were all in on it.
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Re: A couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law for $650,000
for not giving them a grandchild
By: LifeOnPluto Date: May 14, 2022, 1:21 am
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[quote author=Asharah link=topic=2346.msg75424#msg75424
date=1652453820]
HTML https://www.insider.com/parents-sue-son-daughter-in-law-for-not-producing-grandchild-2022-5
How insane is this?
[/quote]
I just read the article. On another note, how do the parents
know that their son and DIL haven't been trying for a child? I
mean, the article did say that the son and DIL currently live in
different states because of their jobs, but they must see each
other sometimes. Unless the son and DIL are openly saying "We
always use birth control" or "We are never intimate on the
occasions when we're together in the same house", the parents
have no way of knowing whether the lack of grandchild is within
the son and DIL's control or not.
If it's not, it seems extra cruel to demand compensation if the
son and DIL desperately want a child, but it hasn't happened for
them.
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Re: A couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law for $650,000
for not giving them a grandchild
By: vintagegal Date: May 14, 2022, 7:45 am
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would be karma if they did have a child and didn't let the
grandparents see it. Highly unlikely to happen, I know.
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Re: A couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law for $650,000
for not giving them a grandchild
By: Aleko Date: May 14, 2022, 12:13 pm
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[quote]I just read the article. On another note, how do the
parents know that their son and DIL haven't been trying for a
child? I mean, the article did say that the son and DIL
currently live in different states because of their jobs, but
they must see each other sometimes. Unless the son and DIL are
openly saying "We always use birth control" or "We are never
intimate on the occasions when we're together in the same
house", the parents have no way of knowing whether the lack of
grandchild is within the son and DIL's control or not.[/quote]
I think we have to assume that son and DIL have told them that
they're not currently trying for a child. It beggars belief
that anyone would start anything so expensive and so
embarrassing to the entire extended family without having asked
'When will you have a child? Why don't you have one already? Why
doesn't DIL live with you so you can make a child?' and received
a dusty answer.
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