If my parents are withholding rightfully earned money, can I get it back?

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If my parents are withholding rightfully earned money, can I get it back?

I entered my father’s household due to his wishes and my needs. Under the verbal agreement of $100 a week I was allowed to stay. While I wasn’t able to pay more than 50% of the time, they withheld the $100 not for rent but as a savings account for my new living situation after the 10 months were up. After I moved out, 3 days before I was due to move into my new aprtment, he informed me that the terms of me getting the cash for my apartment were no longer void. To top it all off, he decided to bad mouth me to the extent his son sought out employee’s of my workplace to tell them I was a “bad person”.

Asked on June 21, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Pennsylvania

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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

If you had a verbal agreement with your parents where you had $100 per week withheld by them for ten (10) months where you were to receive such from them when you moved out, you are legally entitled to this money since you have moved out under the law. The issue is do you want to file a small claims court action against them seeking such?

The reason I write this is that you might end up making a bad situation with your parents worse. I suggest that you have a face to face meeting with them in a couple weeks, preferably at a dinner that you cook for them and bring up the subject of the forced savings plan they implemented for you and see what the result is.


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