The Supreme Court ordered parents to pay utility bills for children

Parents must pay for housing and communal services for minor children, even if they do not live together. This was reported on March 30 to RIA Novosti with reference to the ruling of the judicial board of the Supreme Court of Russia on civil cases.

"If the owner of the dwelling (share) is a minor, then the obligation to pay for the dwelling and utilities is borne by his parents, regardless of the fact of living together with him," the Supreme Court ruling says.

The court also ruled that a minor between the ages of 14 and 18 can independently pay for housing and communal services. But if he does not have enough money, the obligation to pay for housing and communal services is assigned to the parents.

The precedent for this was a dispute between the Tomsk Homeowners' Association (HOA) and a local resident who had accumulated a debt of almost 445,000 rubles for non-payment of utility bills and capital repair fees. The court partially satisfied the claim, collecting money from the debtor and his mother, who lives with him.

However, the Supreme Court noted that the debtor was a minor, which is why it ruled that the debt should be collected not from him, but from his parents. The case was sent for review, as the lower courts did not involve the father in the case.

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