frustrated.
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
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I'm writing this on behalf of a friend. He and his wife have an adult child, in their mid-20s. The parents strongly encouraged a particular career into college, for the financial security. The child did not want to pursue this career and wished to pursue an alternate career path, but did not express their desire to do so until mid-college. By then, prime opportunities for advancement in their alternate career choice were gone. Then the child withdrew from college and has not gone back since. The child continues to play an emotional blame game, stating that they can no longer accomplish what they want because their parents have ruined their life for them. The parents, all this time, have continued to pay for the child's expenses (food, clothing, living) and this child has not had a job once in this period as they refuse to hold a common job. The couple have another child who was affected by the actions of this other child, but the younger child has made progress and continues to support the older child emotionally and sometimes, financially. The older child is now trying to pilot the younger child's life and the latter tell their parents that they are feeling overwhelmed, and emotionally exhausted as a result. The parents can barely afford to pay for the younger child's education, and add to that their poor health, and the expenses of the older child, they are barely staying afloat.
I suggested taking legal action, because I believe the older child is manipulating the parents but they think they are unjustified in their actions. They want both of their children to succeed, but they have lost hope in their older child, and are now worried the younger child's future will take a plunge as a result of the older child's overbearing nature and dependency on the younger one. They don't want the older child to be affected by this either. What legal action, if any will force the older child to be financially independent and not be able to manipulate their parents and interfere with their sibling's life? Please share some insight on this situation. It is much appreciated.
Not relevant.
I'm writing this on behalf of a friend. He and his wife have an adult child, in their mid-20s. The parents strongly encouraged a particular career into college, for the financial security. The child did not want to pursue this career and wished to pursue an alternate career path, but did not express their desire to do so until mid-college. By then, prime opportunities for advancement in their alternate career choice were gone. Then the child withdrew from college and has not gone back since. The child continues to play an emotional blame game, stating that they can no longer accomplish what they want because their parents have ruined their life for them. The parents, all this time, have continued to pay for the child's expenses (food, clothing, living) and this child has not had a job once in this period as they refuse to hold a common job. The couple have another child who was affected by the actions of this other child, but the younger child has made progress and continues to support the older child emotionally and sometimes, financially. The older child is now trying to pilot the younger child's life and the latter tell their parents that they are feeling overwhelmed, and emotionally exhausted as a result. The parents can barely afford to pay for the younger child's education, and add to that their poor health, and the expenses of the older child, they are barely staying afloat.
I suggested taking legal action, because I believe the older child is manipulating the parents but they think they are unjustified in their actions. They want both of their children to succeed, but they have lost hope in their older child, and are now worried the younger child's future will take a plunge as a result of the older child's overbearing nature and dependency on the younger one. They don't want the older child to be affected by this either. What legal action, if any will force the older child to be financially independent and not be able to manipulate their parents and interfere with their sibling's life? Please share some insight on this situation. It is much appreciated.