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What can she do...legally?

My daughter’s boyfriend, recently took her and her two children, out of state to Florida to Disney World, got mad at her, and abandoned her and the kids there. Left them there to find their own way home to Missouri, with no money and no way home. They didn't even have money to eat. She’s home safe now, but isn’t there some kind of law or consequences for this? Has anyone ever heard of someone doing this?

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curmudgeon1968 · 56-60, M

unless there was a contractual obligation binding them together for the length of the trip then he is not obligated to stay for the duration of it. As far as leaving her without money, as long as he is not taking money which is hers then he is not obligated to give her any. Not saying that it wasn't a total dick move, but a boyfriend is not obligated to pay for someone else. Her children are legally her responsibility, she voluntarily took them to Florida without means to return.

However the situation changes if he left with her money, that could be prosecuted as theft. Or if they signed a contract for an organized vacation package together which she lost value in, that is breach of contract. But, as long as he was paying for everything he has the right to go.