Timeline for My parents claim they cannot pay for my college education; what are my options?
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| Aug 12, 2020 at 19:45 | comment | added | Nobody | @MonkeyZeus The BAFöG stuff is in BGB §§ 1601ff. | |
| Aug 12, 2020 at 19:38 | comment | added | Nobody | @MonkeyZeus Originally I just wanted to make sure you weren't spreading hearsay, you denied that, so all is good. Nowhere I suggested any parent was obligated to "send" (what? Force them to go?) their child to college. But in many western European countries, for example Germany and Switzerland, if a child wants it, one example of what the child can always have is the standard path through their respective education systems ending with a masters degree (the child would need to pay for a PhD by itself). That is derived from ZGB §277ff respectively the laws surrounding the "BAFöG" program. | |
| Aug 12, 2020 at 16:11 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | @Nobody Please stay on topic, you're speaking in "hearsay". Are parents in your country obligated to send their child to actual college or not? What country? | |
| Aug 12, 2020 at 12:53 | comment | added | Nobody | @MonkeyZeus "the law" is a phrase that can also imply an absence of a certain law. And it's obviously also optional here (actually someone can choose to do an apprenticeship instead of going to school for 12 full years so there is more personal freedom than in the USA), but if the child so chooses, it can get the education it wants (within sensible limits). For example a clear cut case is an acquaintance of mine who went through the process to be able to go to the top STEM university of my country. | |
| Aug 12, 2020 at 12:14 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | @Nobody There is no law about this so your first sentence makes no sense. College is an optional luxury in the U.S. The only requirement is grade school (kindergarten through Grade 12) which educates the child from ages 5 to 18; everything after grade school is optional. | |
| Aug 12, 2020 at 11:54 | comment | added | Nobody | @MonkeyZeus Just to make this clear, you know for a fact that this is the law in the USA? In my country the parents are obligated to pay for a child's education until the child has a degree that officially enables it to take on relevant work, no matter what field the child chooses. If the child is estranged with the parents then the child can get the money from the state, and the state will claw back as much as possible from the parents. | |
| Aug 1, 2020 at 0:18 | comment | added | Loki Astari | @JakeJ Even international college's will be expensive for Americans. Most countries subsidies tuition for their citizens and international students are usually required to pay much more than a citizen of the country. | |
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| Jun 14, 2019 at 14:03 | comment | added | MD-Tech | Possible duplicate of How will I pay for college? | |
| Jun 14, 2019 at 12:54 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | 1) Your parents are not obligated to pay for your college. If they offer to help then you should be forever thankful. 2) Are you being responsible in your college and degree choice? I would help my children pay for a sensible degree from a state school but if they chose a private college for fine arts then they are on their own... | |
| Jun 14, 2019 at 10:27 | comment | added | Hobbamok | If your question is "How do I get to claim some of the alimony that <rich parent> pays to <other parent>, then please make that clear (and maybe go to legaladvice) | |
| Jun 13, 2019 at 23:42 | comment | added | JakeJ | Other than travel as mentioned above, you could try a technical school funded by both parents (much cheaper), then working for a few years and saving / going to night classes. If you're going to try to do that, it's hard if you're going into STEM, as only IT/tech usually has options for night classes. If you are going into IT, see if you can do a bootcamp and get a job. | |
| Jun 13, 2019 at 23:35 | comment | added | JakeJ | You should look at international options. The US has ridiculously expensive colleges due to the US government subsidizing universities. What this means is that many people in the middle class cannot afford to go. | |
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| Jun 13, 2019 at 15:53 | comment | added | NotThatGuy | The divorce issue is mostly a distraction from the question of how to personally finance your studies. There may be an Interpersonal Skills question in trying to convince whichever parent to pay (if they have the money to do so, that is). | |
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