My daughter would have to issue the proceedings, which she doesn't feel up to doing. Things like this make her sick with anger/terror.
However, the mother naturally enough was furious that her son had run up this huge debt without asking her permission, although he was 17 at the time... and I think she'd fight hard to prove that the debt was invalid on those grounds. Although having agreed that repayment was due, she can be construed to have accepted the validity of the debt... but she's a nice woman, I don't want to be horrible to or about her.
It's her stupid son that needs a damn good kicking up the arse. He promised to repay, and has defaulted on that promise. I don't suppose we'll ever see that money again - they'll none of them be able or willing to afford to pay it back - but it will Not Go Forgotten.
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Date: 2007-05-09 02:24 pm (UTC)However, the mother naturally enough was furious that her son had run up this huge debt without asking her permission, although he was 17 at the time... and I think she'd fight hard to prove that the debt was invalid on those grounds. Although having agreed that repayment was due, she can be construed to have accepted the validity of the debt... but she's a nice woman, I don't want to be horrible to or about her.
It's her stupid son that needs a damn good kicking up the arse. He promised to repay, and has defaulted on that promise. I don't suppose we'll ever see that money again - they'll none of them be able or willing to afford to pay it back - but it will Not Go Forgotten.