Can someone force me into paying money that my parents never consented to if I am a student
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Can someone force me into paying money that my parents never consented to if I am a student
I am a high school student who was recently involved in a Model UN club at my school, and they are competing at a convention but something came up and I cannnot go anymore. The cost to go is $300, but neither my parents or I signed a form agreeing to pay it, or anything signing me up for the convention. I dropped out a while ago but now they’re saying I
Asked on November 1, 2016 under Business Law, Tennessee
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
If you are a minor, it is your parents who might have to pay. They can be made to pay if they implicitly agreed to it: that means if any of the materials or information provided to you (and/or them) about the Model UN included a notice that students would go to this convention and would have to pay a $300 fee/cost for doing so, then by being a member of the club, you and they could be held to have agreed to pay it. So agreement can be implied, rather than explicit, but still requires notice, or warning, of the fee prior to you doing something, like joining the club, showing your agreement. If there was never any notice or discussion, etc. of the fee, then you and your parents would not owe it.
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