Can Parents Legally Steal From Their Children?

Originally Posted by Unregistered wtf is wrong with you peaple? if you are 19, thats the legal age to sue the **** out of "mommy" if she takes your crap. where exactly does the law draw the line at what the parents can steal from the kid, eh?

I'm assuming you meant people, and not "peaple"?

A child cannot sue a parent once he/she turns legal age over mommy and/or daddy keeping possessions mommy and daddy paid for.

If the "kid" can prove he/she bought and paid for an item and that mommy/daddy stole it, then he has a viable case and can sue mommy/daddy.

There are two OP's within this thread. One who was 16 at the time, and another who hijacked the original OP's thread to ask a question of his/her own. That OP is a 19 year old student receiving government money (which is not really "his" money to begin with) who has authorized the government to place any remaining funds from his student financial aid account into his mother's bank account. Any way you slice it, that money is not really his to gripe about.

If you take the time to read these posts before responding you'll probably find your responses to be a bit more sensible.

What about in this situation:

You are legally an adult with your own business and you were moving into a town that your mother lives. She offers to let you stay until you find a place. You discover she doesn't want to live alone, which is understandable. Unfortunately the next morning your wallet goes missing and it was right next to you when you went to sleep, you know that for a fact. She was the only one who could have taken it but denies even having seen it. Your wallet contains literally everything, without it you cant drive, or even go to a doctors check up because you happened to break your wrist last week traveling. Theres no doubt in your mind she has it and confronting her about it doesnt seem to work. Legally Im sure there are several things she can be sued for, but BEFORE getting to a legal setting, are there anymore tactics that can be used to get items back? shes your mother afterall, crazy or not, you dont feel ill towards her....you just want your **** back so your not a hostage anymore.

Opinions?

(and yeah I threw this in to stop the bickering above^^^but please answer seriously as it is a real situation...ugh) lol

You might have noticed that the "bickering" you speak of ceased in February?

Unless you actually saw her take the wallet, it's merely a suspicion and accusation. You must be able to prove your accusation.

What do you expect anyone to do if your mother denies taking your wallet? You can't get anyone to force her to give it back - if she really did take it. Perhaps you lost it and don't remember where you last placed it.

You're quite wrong in your assertion that "legally there are several things she can be sued for". Like what? Name a few of the "several things" you believe she can be sued for.

It's her home. Nobody's forcing you to live there. If you believe she's stealing from you, move out.

Originally Posted by Unregistered You might have noticed that the "bickering" you speak of ceased in February? Unless you actually saw her take the wallet, it's merely a suspicion and accusation. You must be able to prove your accusation. What do you expect anyone to do if your mother denies taking your wallet? You can't get anyone to force her to give it back - if she really did take it. Perhaps you lost it and don't remember where you last placed it. You're quite wrong in your assertion that "legally there are several things she can be sued for". Like what? Name a few of the "several things" you believe she can be sued for. It's her home. Nobody's forcing you to live there. If you believe she's stealing from you, move out.

excuse the bickering comment, as i did not see the date.

on paper its my home, its under my name and the payments for it come out of my account. yes, it is her home in the sense that she lives there and i have no interest in staying as i said before im simply here as a guest while i look for an apartment.

the point is my wallet contains all the necessary items for me to LEAVE, because of its disappearance (which i assure you was not because I misplaced it because the night before as i was in bed, i was using it for business and I know where I put it, and I have searched the home for it) I am forced to replace drivers license, a social, credit cards, debit cards..etc. i was simply asking for advice on tactics to get everything back without the hassle of cancelling and ordering new things. really just looking for advice on a difficult matter.

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What if you bought an item for 400+ dollars of your own hard worked money and you are 16. And while you are on vacation your dad (who literally lives paycheck to paycheck and has had me work for him and is in debt to 15+ people including his own son, and his own brother) steals or what I would consider stealing, takes your Xbox (yes I know its a video game console, but still the fact that he would do this in the house that I should feel safe in) and takes it to a pawn shop to get a loan for some money. And also how I know that he did something with it is that he said he moved it into the den and that why some cables weren't in the right place how I left it the night before I left. Which is a big fat lie because there is no reason why he would have moved it. And yes I don't I PROOF but I could back up my case by showing that he has also recently took our brand new 45 in. TV (that my hard working mom that can manage her finances and supports me, my sister, and my dad just mooches off us) and my sisters WII to a pawn shop and I came home and saw the TV missing, and he could cover up that one so we confronted him and he admitted it (unlike how he covered up the Wii by saying it was in the attic...yeah right). Anyways I would appreciate any advice or a different view into this that I could get. But if he can do this, at least I only have to be here for 1.5 more years then hopefully I can go and accomplish my own goals that I have set for myself in life and become successful unlike someone else in my family.

-Thanks

(also my dad is an alcoholic and has also stolen money from me before to buy alcohol
or drugs most likely)

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Can a mother keep money that her son earned while growing up eg. All money made from Delivering papers birthday money that she forced him to hand over for more then ten years? Just moved out and is now 21yrs. old could she be forced to pay it back?

i am 20 years old and have been working since i was 14 years old. neither one of my parents went to college and all I ever wanted as a young kid was to not have the life my parents have. i managed to work and raise myself $54,000. i was good with my money and saved up enough to pay for college and live on my own. my bank account was always joint with my mom until i started my own account once i turned 18. my mom was hesitant to inform me that she spent all of my money. i was left with $3,400 and struggle to pay for school each semester now. should i take legal action? or am i just ****ed on this one until she pays me back? which will never happen!

I have a similar problem with two different items. My parents took these items from me a few months ago, before I turned 18. One is a laptop which we both went in together on to purchase, the other is a smartphone given to me by a friend as a gift. As I recently turned 18, I am extremely interested to see if I can get one or even both of these items back. Please note: The smartphone has no contract, I used it with wi-fi.

everyone steals from me parents, inlaws, husband, his brother, sister, it only makes matters worse if u try to stop it. i'v called cops many times in 20 years nothing happens. i just want out where do u gooo.