Spanish court orders father to keep paying support to children aged 26, 27 and 29
The Audiencia de A Coruña (provincial court in Spain) rejects a father's appeal and orders him to keep paying maintenance to his three adult children. Housing costs make independence impossible.
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Spanish court rules father must keep paying child support to children aged 26, 27 and 29
A divorced parent living in the judicial district of Corcubión asked to end the maintenance payments he was making to his three children, all of them adults. The Provincial Court of A Coruña dismissed his appeal. The children are 26, 27 and 29 years old. The ruling holds that, although they have come of age, their financial independence has not been proven.
Housing, the great obstacle to moving out
Behind this court decision lies a structural problem: the price of housing. With a minimum wage of around 1,000 euros, renting a flat in areas like Ibiza or Málaga is mission impossible. The question that arises is whether maintenance payments are becoming de facto indefinite, perpetuating children's economic dependence on their parents.
Parental responsibility with no expiry date?
The court decision has peine the debate on the limits of parental obligations. While some argue that a 29-year-old should have made it on their own by now, others point out that the labour market and expensive housing make independence impossible. The case shows how the economic context is redefining family obligations beyond what the law anticipated.
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A divorced parent living in the judicial district of Corcubión asked to end the maintenance payments he was making to his three children, all of them adults. The Provincial Court of A Coruña dismissed his appeal. The children are 26, 27 and 29 years old. The ruling holds that, although they have come of age, their financial independence has not been proven.
Housing, the great obstacle to moving out
Behind this court decision lies a structural problem: the price of housing. With a minimum wage of around 1,000 euros, renting a flat in areas like Ibiza or Málaga is mission impossible. The question that arises is whether maintenance payments are becoming de facto indefinite, perpetuating children's economic dependence on their parents.
Parental responsibility with no expiry date?
The court decision has peine the debate on the limits of parental obligations. While some argue that a 29-year-old should have made it on their own by now, others point out that the labour market and expensive housing make independence impossible. The case shows how the economic context is redefining family obligations beyond what the law anticipated.
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