Teamedup Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Did you know that even when children are major that they can take and do take their parents to court in France for a pension alimentaire and they get it.A friend of mine thinks that the world has gone mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Yes. I kept very quiet about this. [;-)][6][:P]The cut off age is 26, but before that age there's an entitlement to a certain level of income (from your parents, all you teens who are looking in).I have no idea what the level of income is, though.I'm sure many, or even most parents help their (adult) children out voluntarily, but [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I didn't realise there was a cut off age. I'm a bit more reassured now. of course, there are also cases where parents have taken adult children to court for the same reason (and won) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I don't know about the percentage of young people who do obtain a "pension alimentaire" from their parents, or how much this is implemented/enforced.But given that it is, in theory, possible, that is probably the logical reason why a young person cannot obtain RMI (Revenu Minimum d'Insertion), before aged 26.In practice, it does mean that there are more and more under-26's who, for various reasons, have left "home" (sometimes very little choice in the matter!), are living on friends' floors, in the streets, and have absolutely no means of support. In organisations like "Banque Alimentaire", "Restos du Coeur", "Secours Catholique" and "Secours Populaire" - which provide food parcels and meals for the most destitutes, every year one can see an annual increase of under-26's. Beyond age 26 they can usually claim RMI - up to 420 euros per month, i.e. survival level. Under 26 they have nothing at all, and have to live by their wits. I believe there might be very few who are in a position to get alimony from their parents - of course, much depends on the parents' own situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacote0_0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 On the other hand, it used to be possible to go to court to have a child declared prodigue (as in the parable) and cut him out of the succession, but I can't seem to find this in the code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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