A question about legal stuff

[James Kerman]

28 minutes ago, Robotengineer said:

You can't do that because you aren't married to them. The closest you could do would be to seek legal emancipation (or whatever the equivalent in Australia is) but you have to be 16 or older (in the USA) to do that. If you did that you wouldn't have any claim on the room, and your parents could legally kick you out if you didn't pay rent. 

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1136792.htm It's possible in Australia, mate.

[TheSaint]

My kids tried to pull something like this a while back. I basically said, "When you get a job and pay the mortgage, you can charge me to come in your room. Until then: no dice." Dad doesn't play that game.