My bosses own my car because they paid me salary
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lihea
· 5 years ago
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I guess it's in the same way that your boss owns your car, your house and your clothes, since he gave you the money to pay for it...
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acegalaxi
· 5 years ago
You don't.
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scatmandingo
· 5 years ago
If it’s the US you own the phone no matter where he got the money to pay for it. He’s 14 he doesn’t have property rights.
guest_
· 5 years ago
Not exactly. In the US- children can own property and assets. However as a minor, what they own is in the custodianship of their parents. Parents have the power to act with a child’s assets in the best interest of the child, even if it is against the child’s wishes. There are laws which vary by jurisdiction on how a child’s assets must be handled to prevent abuse such as a parent using a child’s earnings (like an actor or prodigy) or inherentence to their personal benefit at the expense of the child’s future well being. In essence, a parent is supposed to “guard” a child’s assets for them and see to the child’s development. So TECHNICALLY the child owns the object but the parent has authority unless there is abuse of assets. In such a case one parent or a court appointed guardian would need to advocate for an un emancipated minor and it would be a family court issue that most courts likely wouldn’t bother with and the police likely would either. A child calling the police to make...
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guest_
· 5 years ago
... mom give their phone back...? As for court- who is going to take the case? Unless the child can afford a lawyer, find one pro bono, or file on their own behalf- and then we are back to issues of consent. They could go to CPS to get an advocate- but what will CPS likely say? So the reality is that the law as it stands isn’t necessarily easily related by most to reality. A harsh truth of the system is that the rights we have and methods of legal recourse theoretically available are not always actually practical or even possible to exercise. Effectively you are correct. For most intents and purposes the money a child earns themselves is under control of their guardian(s) even if the child earned it alone. Anything they buy with that money is also legally under guardian control, unless the child sues- if they can. And they will likely loose.
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guest_
· 5 years ago
You do not own it. You have legal custodianship of it as you do all your child’s assets, to control in the child’s best interest. You are legally empowered as a parent to enact broad power of attorney for your non adult child, even if that power of attorney conflicts their wishes so long as a reasonable adult would likely agree that you are acting in the child’s interest when exercising control of their assets. Legally the money your son saved also falls under your custodianship unless they become an emancipated minor or receive a court order otherwise. As a parent though- of you want your child to trust you, and to mature into an adult- you should likely do a better job communicating and establishing authority on actual grounds and not merely relying on a weak and incorrect interpretation of law to validate your authority. You should likely apply consistent logic to cause and effects of behavior while giving a child choices so they have some agency over their own decisions.
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jd1984
· 5 years ago
tl:dr Parents control the phone, not own it.
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