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dballance

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5. Totally ridiculous

Reply to Nye Bevan (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2015, 02:11 PM

Jan 2015

Let's think about this logically. This idiot mother was willing to basically throw away the money and get nothing, really, in return except the child's presence. She would have been no more and no less out of pocket if the child attended.

In the US I think it would cost more than $25 to even file in small claims court.

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Five-year-old misses friend's birthday party and gets invoice for �15.95 (UK) [View all] Nye Bevan Jan 2015 OP

Even under some weird state laws in the US, this would never rise to the level of contract. eom MohRokTah Jan 2015 #1

British contract law is pretty much the same as U.S. law. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #2

How absurd. frogmarch Jan 2015 #3

lol..that's what I thought too.What is your objective, have your kid be feared? Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #6

I feel sorry for the birthday boy pennylane100 Jan 2015 #4

Totally ridiculous dballance Jan 2015 #5

The alleged plaintiff 2naSalit Jan 2015 #7

Well, at least the BBC's legal expert got to spend time on something petronius Jan 2015 #8