Q: Does my 17 year old grandson have any legal recourse to recoup money taken from him by his custodial father?
My grandson is 17 and his father has custody, although the courts stated he could live where he wished . I am the maternal grandmother. I gave him some US Savings bonds when he was younger, and the father kept them when the parents divorced 2 years ago in spite of the mother's request to have possession of them. Recently, my grandson caused some minor damage to his father's old motorcycle. He had permission to ride it, and could have repaired the damage himself. Instead, the father insisted the bonds be signed over to him to the tune of $1200. The choice was to give up the truck his father bought him. Around the same time the father took my grandson's first paycheck (he had endorsed and left it on the counter) and cashed it without grandson's approval, stating it was for "gas money". Does my grandson have any legal recourse to recover his money since he is not yet 18?
A: In theory, yes, he could sue for the money. But it is unlikely that legal action would improve the situation.
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