A man has been ordered by a Taiwan’s top court to pay his mother almost $1m for raising him and funding his dentistry training. .
The mother signed a contract with her son in 1997, when he was 20 years old, stating he would pay her 60% of his monthly income after qualifying. She took him to court after he refused to pay her for several years. .
The son argued it was wrong to demand a financial return for raising a child, but the court ruled the contract valid. He has been ordered to make back payments, as well as interest, to his mother. .
The mother, identified as Luo, raised both her sons after she and her husband divorced. Ms Luo said she had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars funding both her sons through dentistry school, but became worried they would be unwilling to care for her in old age. .
Subsequently, she signed a contract with both of them stipulating they would pay her a portion of their earnings as repayments for the school fees, up to a total of $1.7m. .
The elder son reached an agreement with his mother and settled the contract for a smaller amount. However, the younger son, identified as Chu, argued that he was very Taiwan’s civil code, adult offspring have the responsibility to provide for their elderly parents.
CELEBRATING OUR MOTHER: Court orders Taiwan dentist to pay his mom $1m for raising him
