Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
My son who is going to be 18 in September, moved out last August right before he turned 17 as he didn't want to live with us and wanting to live with his best friend and their family to get away from temptations and friends he was hanging out with. We agreed to let him do this and met with the parents of his friend, we all agreed that he could live there as long as he was going to school or participating in a school program and that we would provide monetary support. Well, he was enrolled in a Charter School, got asked to leave because he wasn't really showing an effort that he wanted to be there and not producing the minimum requirement of work per their guidelines so my I found an online high school program that you work at your own pace and the mother of the family he is living with said that she'd monitor the school work and now we are paying $50/month for the program and our son is not participating in the program anymore or doing any of the work so my question is... do I still have to pay the monetary support to the family since he is not doing the work, being monitored or being held accountable for his actions by the family? I'm considering cancelling the school program too as why pay money for something that isn't being completed.
1 Answer from Attorneys
If there are no court orders in effect regarding support or conservatorship you are not obligated to provide money to the friends. On the other hand, as the parents, you have a legal obligation to support your child until he is 18; including providing an education. The court would hold you responsible for completing his education, not the friends. I would suggest that you and your son and the other parents discuss the alternative of your son taking the GED, since he is not taking advantage of the other alternatives provided.
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