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Should children over 18 living at home, sign a rental agreement

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Yes

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Dainbramadge · 56-60, M

I don't really like when the child turns 18 something mystical happens in all of a sudden they have to pay rent.
I would rather they got a job because they were looking out for their future not because they were forced to.
Also if they already have a job I don't think they should be punished for having a job by having to pay rent as well.
Like I say there isn't some magical something that happens when they go from 17 to 18.
If you are going to charge them rent or make them sign a rental agreement why not make them do it at 16 or 13.
They could run up a tab and when they get a job they could pay you all the back pay

chrisCA · M

@Dainbramadge Well. At 18 they become an adult.
You either go to college, or get a job, and pay rent.

Dainbramadge · 56-60, M

@chrisCA but I don't understand the reason to make them sign a rental agreement much less pay rent.
They could do that at 13. I'm not sure if I understand what being an adult legally has to do with it.

chrisCA · M

@Dainbramadge I don't quite understand the rental agreement part.
If an adult child signs a rental agreement, they will have the same tenant protections under the law.

Dainbramadge · 56-60, M

@chrisCA the question was If the child should have to sign a rental agreement.

chrisCA · M

@Dainbramadge If a family is renting a home, any adult children may have to sign the lease also.

Dainbramadge · 56-60, M

@chrisCA well I guess that would have to be fine.
But I don't believe it is right. Even if it is just between the parents and the child.

chrisCA · M

@Dainbramadge I would not do it as a parent. It would make it difficult to make them move out if the need arose.

Dainbramadge · 56-60, M

@chrisCA true. Also holding a child to an obligation of his parents would be wrong. Even though he is living under their roof it wasn't his decision.

chrisCA · M

@Dainbramadge At 18, they can make a decision.
Where I live, they can move out at 16.

Dainbramadge · 56-60, M

@chrisCA just because they can make the decision legally doesn't mean they should be forced to make that decision.
I don't understand why a parent could want what was best for their child until they turned 18 and then cast them out into the street or charge them rent like a stranger.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Dainbramadge I have heard of foster children being taken in and told to work by the time they are 16 and then the foster parents taking the money to cover rent & utilities. Poor kid I knew at work was walking about 3 miles to work each way in all kinds of weather. Gave him a ride when I saw him walking to work. He wasn’t even able to save up for a vehicle to drive.