5 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    Posted September 27, 2009 at 4:26 pm | Permalink

    let the kid keep his hundred

  2. BA
    Posted September 27, 2009 at 9:55 pm | Permalink

    Do not close your son account .
    Go to the court and get child support from your ex husband.

  3. Dr. Deth
    Posted September 27, 2009 at 9:58 pm | Permalink

    leave the poor kid’s money alone – you can’t pay a $50 medical bill?

  4. Frank
    Posted September 28, 2009 at 12:13 am | Permalink

    Do it only if it will save your credit or avoid paying interest or other collection charges and it will make you debt free meaning you won’t be making any more payments on the debt and therefore will be able to pay him back. Then put it back in the same manner you would have paid the medical bills, such as if you could only afford $5 or $10 a month. On the last payment, add $2 to compensate for his lost interest earnings. It is better to pay him the interest than a credit card company or other business and that would make it fair to him.

  5. andyg77
    Posted September 28, 2009 at 6:33 am | Permalink

    Not if you can do it some other way. You will just get his savings account built back up and something else will come along. It will end up being your money and won’t fullfill the purpose of a savings account for him.
    All you will eventually teach him is that it’s OK to use OPM (other people’s money).

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