Children can sue parents to fund overseas uni education

[Jman888]

the kid must have hated the parents so much to sue them 

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Children can sue parents to fund overseas uni education
This is in line with clause in Women's Charter, as shown in case of 22-year-old who sued dad
RAHIMAH RASHITH
Aug 29, 2019 06:00 am
  
Children over the age of 21 can take their parents to court over refusal to support overseas university education.

This is in line with a clause in the Women's Charter which mandates payouts for education of children over 21 who are unable to support themselves.

The clause was recently highlighted by a 22-year-old successfully suing his father, the sole shareholder of a logistics company and director of various companies, for maintenance to fund his education abroad.

The 60-year-old father, who was given 10 days to pay the first instalment for his son's education in Canada, won a temporary reprieve on the enforcement order at a Family Court on Aug 21.

District Judge Suzanne Chin allowed the stay pending the outcome of his appeal against the maintenance order to fund his son's tertiary education.

The Family Court district judge at the time also ordered the boy's 54-year-old mother to pay 40 per cent of the required funds.

The case also highlighted the broader implications for parents with regard to their duty to pay for their children's overseas tertiary education.

CHARTER
Veteran family lawyer Rajan Chettiar said the Women's Charter provides for children to have the support of their parents up to the age of 21.

But the support may also go beyond the age of 21 "if, say, the child is still studying full time in tertiary education or in training that prepares them for work", he noted.

The court can also order maintenance if the adult child is mentally or physically disabled, serving full-time national service, is or will be receiving instruction at an educational establishment or undergoing training for a trade, profession or vocation.

Matrimonial and personal injury claims lawyer Seenivasan Lalita said parents are obliged to fund their children's education up to tertiary education or their first degree.

"If the child wishes to pursue further education, for example, take a second degree, master's or PhD, the court usually does not require parents to provide for it," she added.

Lawyer Koh Tien Hua, from Eversheds Harry Elias emphasised that the court takes into account the parent's means.

"If the parents can't afford the maintenance, whether by their earnings or from their share of the matrimonial assets, the court has discretion not to make an order," he said.

Lawyers say the clause is fair and reasonable.

"If the child is still studying or in training, he is not gainfully employed and financially cannot stand on his own two feet," said veteran criminal and family lawyer Amolat Singh.

"If he is unable to look to his parents for financial support, then he may be left in the lurch or buried under debt even before he has earned a cent. If the parents can afford to fund the studies, there is no reason why they shouldn't."

Lawyer Ivan Cheong, who specialises in matrimonial and family law at Eversheds Harry Elias, said the child does not need to be a Singaporean. But the court must be satisfied the parent the child is seeking maintenance from is in Singapore.

 

 

[Mockngbrd]

Heng no kids 

[BanCoe]

Me oni Preambree tree 🌲,  lepeat lepeat ..........  govt give up on me 🤣 

Edited August 29, 2019 by BanCoe

[Silverkris]

Yah, I agree. Better not to have kids, else you will never have enough for retirements.

[Kusje]

read deeper into this case. think the fellow can't even make it to local university because his poly GPA is 1.8.

I didn't manage to study poly but my understanding is that its a damn low score and is as good as not attending poly.

Dunno which kind of fake shitty uni the kid applied to.

[Freeder]

Kiddo sued dad..

next time will be his turn..

[Sx4falcon]

What will happen if the parent did die don't want to pay and rather go to jail?

[Kusje]

1 hour ago, Sx4falcon said:

What will happen if the parent did die don't want to pay and rather go to jail?

Civil award isn't a fine. Think can garnish wages or can sell your property to get the $

[Vid]

If kid doesn't do well in uni, can sue to get back money?

[ALTK]

10 hours ago, Mockngbrd said:

Heng no kids 

Same same here! Haha..

[Kusje]

10 hours ago, Mockngbrd said:

Heng no kids 

 

If you read that someone got into a car accident, will you also say heng, got no car? 

[Spurman]

10 hours ago, Jman888 said:

the kid must have hated the parents so much to sue them 

 

Wtf.....

Like that also can ah.

 

Sad world leh

[Mockngbrd]

28 minutes ago, Kusje said:

 

If you read that someone got into a car accident, will you also say heng, got no car? 

If accident was deliberately, maliciously and intentionally cause by some a.i. in the car after he or she built it and looked after it until it reached maturity. Yes I will say that, otherwise your example is irrelevant. 

Edited August 29, 2019 by Mockngbrd

[Jamesc]

Just send the kid to JB lah.

That's overseas education.

JB has some Aussi uni twining programs.

Just donate a few thousands towards a new library and get a sure pass. 👍

😀

[Windwaver]

Hmmmmm.........I work part time as tuition teacher to fund my own university fees leh......

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's why I didn't study medicine 

[Ash2017]

15 minutes ago, Windwaver said:

Hmmmmm.........I work part time as tuition teacher to fund my own university fees leh......

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's why I didn't study medicine 

 

After reading all your post, I am glad you decide not to do medicine, otherwise you may make live difficult for V, T and L.

 

But seriously:

If you care to observe our country's policies craved, ALL, are designed to ensure that citizens are self reliance and self supported, if self cannot then next of kin is responsible.

Many don't realized that if your relative can't pay for their hospital bill, there are provisions in the law to give them permission to use your CPF for medical treatment. Read the fine prints.

 

In our formative years, I can understand because we were a nation that was just budding but today we are different because we are among the richest country in the world.

But nobody seems to see the contrary, that, the government must give out subsidy for almost everything, GST rebate (which is suppose to help the poor), HDB grant, etc. Count the number of exhausted NGO we haves in Singapore. 

 

This paranoid is causing many ordinary Singaporeans to suffer. All the sacrifice made by our fore-fathers so that our next generation can benefit? Many have to pay their HDB loan till near or even at retirement. Why HDB concession loan interest is higher than banks?

 

It is frightening to observe that the overwhelming ordinary Singaporeans are NOT even fighting for their interest. They even "allow" foreign "talents" to take their jobs eg CECA. Just how many are going to India to work? Even our government pressed for statistics, do not want to reveal. Singapore government keep wanting to send Radx to India but India refuse because they fear Radx may banned more than 1/2 of the Indian population once he step on their soil. So is it fair that we take them in BUT they refuse to take Radx? You tell me. 

 

 

[Benarsenal]

10 hours ago, Kusje said:

read deeper into this case. think the fellow can't even make it to local university because his poly GPA is 1.8.

I didn't manage to study poly but my understanding is that its a damn low score and is as good as not attending poly.

Dunno which kind of fake shitty uni the kid applied to.

Dun like that la. Not everybody is the tak chek type mah.

Overseas uni got $$$ can already.

[Philipkee]

4 hours ago, Ash2017 said:

 

After reading all your post, I am glad you decide not to do medicine, otherwise you may make live difficult for V, T and L.

 

But seriously:

If you care to observe our country's policies craved, ALL, are designed to ensure that citizens are self reliance and self supported, if self cannot then next of kin is responsible.

Many don't realized that if your relative can't pay for their hospital bill, there are provisions in the law to give them permission to use your CPF for medical treatment. Read the fine prints.

 

In our formative years, I can understand because we were a nation that was just budding but today we are different because we are among the richest country in the world.

But nobody seems to see the contrary, that, the government must give out subsidy for almost everything, GST rebate (which is suppose to help the poor), HDB grant, etc. Count the number of exhausted NGO we haves in Singapore. 

 

This paranoid is causing many ordinary Singaporeans to suffer. All the sacrifice made by our fore-fathers so that our next generation can benefit? Many have to pay their HDB loan till near or even at retirement. Why HDB concession loan interest is higher than banks?

 

It is frightening to observe that the overwhelming ordinary Singaporeans are NOT even fighting for their interest. They even "allow" foreign "talents" to take their jobs eg CECA. Just how many are going to India to work? Even our government pressed for statistics, do not want to reveal. Singapore government keep wanting to send Radx to India but India refuse because they fear Radx may banned more than 1/2 of the Indian population once he step on their soil. So is it fair that we take them in BUT they refuse to take Radx? You tell me. 

 

 

Sorry I might have missed out something but how is RadX involved in going to india?  Or how is he involved in the first place in this?